talkSPORT 2

Monday 9th to Sunday 15th May

ATP Rome Masters Tennis Live presented by Will Gavin (Mon, Tue and Sat night), Tom Macleod (Tue and Wed morning), Andrew McKenna (Tue, Wed, Thurs and Sat afternoon), Russell Hargreaves (Thurs and Fri morning and Sun afternoon), Ian Danter (Fri afternoon) and Lisa O'Sullivan (Fri night)

Tennis: Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Foro Italico, Rome - commentary on the ATP men's singles event

Their daily commentary teams were:

Monday - Joe Shennan and Ravi Ubha
Tuesday - Gigi Salmon, Chris Dennis and Nick Lester
Wednesday - Catherine Whitaker, Chris Dennis and Luke Milligan
Thursday - Simon Cambers, Joe Shennan and Luke Milligan
Friday (Quarter-Finals) - Nick Lester, Rupert Bell and Naomi Cavaday
Saturday (Semi-Finals) - Rupert Bell (both matches), Peter Odgers (Andy Murray v Lucas Pouille) and Catherine Whitaker (Novak Djokovic v Kei Nishikori)
Sunday (Final: Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray) - Catherine Whitaker and Naomi Cavaday

During the week, coverage typically ran between 11am until the close of play, breaking off between approximately 3-7pm for IPL cricket coverage. However, they only covered the evening session of Monday's play, while there was no evening coverage on Wednesday (due to the talkSPORT Trophy football friendly) or Thursday (due to Super League commentary). The semi-finals were broadcast at 3pm and 7.30pm on Saturday, either side of live La Liga football coverage, while the final was a 4.15pm commentary on Sunday.

Thursday 12th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils - Don Topley and Reece Topley (3.30pm commentary)

Apparently Don and England international Reece Topley are the first father and son team to cover a cricket match according to talkSPORT.com.

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from Headingley Carnegie Stadium

Rugby League: Super League
Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers - Mark Wilson and Danny Kirmond (8pm commentary)

Friday 13th May

Ian Danter presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab - Nigel Henderson and Gareth Batty (3.30pm commentary)

Sunday 15th May

Ray Stubbs and Russell Hargreaves presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Andrew McKenna and Derek Pringle (11.30am commentary)

Monday 16th May

Ian Danter presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Nigel Henderson and Phil Walker (3.30pm commentary)

Tuesday 17th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Rising Pune Supergiants v Delhi Daredevils - Adam Collins and Derek Pringle (3.30pm commentary)

Wednesday 18th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab - Nigel Henderson and Don Topley (5.15pm commentary)

Commentary started later than usual as there was a rain delay that held up the match by almost two hours.

Radio Yorkshire

Rugby League: Dacia Magic Weekend

Presenter - Richard Shaw-Wright

Warrington Wolves vs. Castleford Tigers - Craig Murdock & GarrY Schofield
Leeds Rhinos vs. Wigan Warriors - Matt Horton & Garry Schofield

Wakefield Trinity vs. Catalans Dragons - Matt Horton & Garry Schofield
St. Helens vs. Huddersfield Giants - Matt Horton & Craig Murdock
Hull FC vs. Hull KR - Craig Murdock & Garry Schofield

talkSPORT 2

Thursday 19th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Gujarat Lions v Kolkata Knight Riders - Johnny Barran and Gareth Batty (3.30pm commentary)

Friday 20th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Lizzy Ammon and Alan Butcher (3.30pm commentary)

Ian Danter presented T20 Matchday Live from the County Ground, Chelmsford

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Essex v Surrey - Ian Danter
Gloucestershire v Sussex - Laurence Mora
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire - Clive Edwards
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire - Jim Proudfoot and Darren Gough (6.30pm commentary)

The IPL match concluded around 7.15pm, meaning talkSPORT 2 began their T20 Blast coverage at that point, picking up commentary from Trent Bridge in the 15th over of the first innings. Upon the conclusion of Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire, Ian Danter did solo commentary on the conclusion of Essex v Surrey.

Between 4-7pm, Darren Gough co-presented his leg of Drive Time from Trent Bridge over on talkSPORT, with Adrian Durham back in the studio.

Saturday 21st May

Ian Danter presented Matchday Live 2

Rugby Union: Premiership Semi-Finals
Saracens v Leicester Tigers - Russell Hargreaves and Tom May (12.30pm commentary)
Exeter Chiefs v Wasps - Andrew McKenna and Gary Street (3.15pm commentary)

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Gujarat Lions v Mumbai Indians - Dan Windle and Don Topley (second innings commentary)

Mark Wilson presented Super League Magic Weekend Live from St James' Park

Rugby League: Super League
Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors - Mark Wilson and Andy Kelly (7pm commentary)

With the IPL match starting at 3.30pm, the live Premiership rugby union coverage - with Exeter v Wasps from 3.15pm being an exclusive national radio commentary - meant that they could only carry the Gujarat Lions innings after 5pm. The cricket ended in time for them to carry the whole of the Super League match.

Sunday 22nd May

Ray Stubbs and Russell Hargreaves presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League
Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Nigel Bidmead and Alan Butcher (11.30am commentary)
Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Nigel Bidmead and Alan Butcher (second innings commentary)

Ray Stubbs hosted coverage of the first innings of the earlier match, before handing over to Russell Hargreaves at 1pm, who anchored coverage of the rest of that match and then retook the reigns after the rugby league at around 5.15pm to anchor coverage of the Royal Challengers Bangalore innings from the final match of the group stage.

Adrian Durham presented Super League Magic Weekend Live from St James' Park

Rugby League: Super League
St Helens v Huddersfield Giants - Mark Wilson and Garry Schofield (3.15pm commentary)

Over on talkSPORT, Adrian Durham anchored coverage of the earlier Wakefield Wildcats v Catalans Dragons game, with Mark Wilson and Luke Robinson commentating on a 1pm kick-off. Coverage ran between 12.30-3pm before switching to talkSPORT 2.

Tuesday 24th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League Qualifier 1
Gujarat Lions v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Johnny Barran and Alan Butcher (3.30pm commentary)

Wednesday 25th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League Eliminator
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders - Jon Norman and Don Topley (3.30pm commentary)

Coverage of this IPL match was joined in-progress due to coverage of Andy Murray's second round match at the French Open overrunning, with that match being a lengthy five-set affair. They joined the cricket at about 4.55pm, taking the last two overs of the Sunrisers' innings before the whole of the Knight Riders' reply.

talkSPORT 2 has commentary rights to the French Open tennis, with their coverage having begun on Monday 23rd May. The station is simulcasting the on-site official audio service Radio Roland Garros, whose commentary team includes Gigi Salmon, Chris Bowers, Simon Cambers, Peter Odgers, Matt Brown, Courtney Nguyen and Craig Gabriel. talkSPORT 2 are producing their own studio-based continuity, which so far has come from Will Gavin (Mon), Alex Dibble (Tue morning), Andrew McKenna (Tue and Wed afternoon) and Russell Hargreaves (Wed morning).

Rio 2016 Olympics on BBC Radio 5 Live

0600-0900 - Olympic Breakfast, with a 30-minute round-up every hour with Caroline Barker (6am, 7am and 8am)

1200-0400 - Comprehensive live coverage of all the Rio action with Eleanor Oldroyd and Mark Chapman in afternoons, followed by Mark Pougatch in the evening then Russell Fuller, Steve Parry and Jonathan Edwards late evening and overnight.

Radio 5 live presentation team

Eleanor Oldroyd, Mark Chapman, Mark Pougatch, Russell Fuller, Jonathan Edwards, Caroline Barker

Reporters

Nihal Arthanayake and Chris Warburton

5 live Sport commentary team

Ceremonies

Caroline Barker and John Murray

Athletics

Presenter: Jonathan Edwards

Commentary: Mike Costello, Darren Campbell, Allison Curbishley, Sonja McLaughlan

Boxing

Commentary: Conor McNamara, Steve Bunce

Canoe Slalom

Commentary: Iain Carter and Rob Nothman

Cycling

Commentary: Alistair Bruce-Ball and Victoria Pendleton

Diving

Commentary: Vassos Alexander and Steve Parry

Equestrian

Commentary: Jonathan Agnew

Golf

Commentary: Iain Carter

Gymnastics

Commentary: Alison Mitchell and Craig Heap

Hockey

Commentary: Sara Orchard

Judo

Commentary: Karthi Gnanasegaram

Rowing

Commentary: John Murray and Mark Hunter

Rugby 7s

Commentary: Ian Robertson, Sonja McLaughlan and Rob Vickerman

Sailing

Reporter: Juliette Ferrington

Shooting

Commentary: Rob Nothman

Swimming

Commentary: John Hunt, Karen Pickering and Steve Parry

Taekwondo

Commentary: Karthi Gnanasegaram

Tennis and Canoe Sprint:

Commentary: Russell Fuller

From 7 to 18 September, 5 live and 5 live sports extra will bring over 80 hours of live coverage from the 2016 Paralympics. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Jonathan Overend, Gigi Salmon, London 2012 gold medal-winning cyclist Mark Colbourne, and swimmer Graham Edmunds lead the team bringing exclusive radio coverage of the Games in Rio.

talkSPORT 2

Thursday 26th May

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from the Mend-A-Hose Jungle

Rugby League: Super League
Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors - Mark Wilson and Garry Schofield (8pm commentary)

Friday 27th May

Andrew McKenna presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League Qualifier 2
Gujarat Lions v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Dan Wheeler and Don Topley (3.30pm commentary)

Ian Danter presented T20 Matchday Live from Edgbaston

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Lancashire v Durham - Shane Pinnington
Warwickshire v Worcestershire - Ian Danter and Brian Halford (7pm commentary)*
Yorkshire v Leicestershire - Tim White

Saturday 28th May

Ian Danter presented Matchday Live 2 from Twickenham Stadium

Rugby Union: Premiership Final
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs - Andrew McKenna and Andy Goode (3pm commentary)

Sunday 29th May

Lisa O'Sullivan presented IPL Live

Cricket: Indian Premier League Final
Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Andrew McKenna and Don Topley (3.30pm commentary)**

Wednesday 1st July

Dan Windle presented T20 Blast Live

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Sussex v Somerset - Andrew McKenna and Jarrod Kimber (6.30pm commentary)

*talkSPORT 2 was scheduled to provide commentary on Yorkshire v Leicestershire, but they actually featured near-full commentary on Warwickshire v Worcestershire (coverage started just after 7pm due to the conclusion of the IPL game, which was carried in full as the French Open tennis coverage didn't overrun). They were not able to cross to their reporter at Headingley Tim White until the break between innings, so I guess there must have been a problem with their line there. Brian Halford was with Ian Danter for the whole of Warwickshire's innings, but had to head off after about four overs of Worcestershire's reply due to his print journalism commitments, meaning Dants flew solo when commentating on the conclusion of the match.

**Commentary on the IPL Final was joined at around 4pm during the eighth over of the Sunrisers' innings. Prior to that, they had been carrying commentary on Andy Murray's latest French Open match against John Isner, with Andrew McKenna updating the cricket between games. But then there was an hour long rain delay at Roland Garros, which allowed them to concentrate on the cricket. The tennis resumed around 5pm, at which time it was the break between innings in the IPL Final, but talkSPORT 2 decided to stay with the cricket until its conclusion. This was the correct decision in my opinion, they've spent the best part of two months covering the IPL and it would have been very poor not to have carried the final, decisive innings of the tournament live and in full.

talkSPORT 2's coverage of the French Open tennis has continued this week, with commentary being simulcast from Radio Roland Garros and the team mentioned in post #153 plus the following presenters doing continuity: Russell Hargreaves (Thu, Fri, Sat morning, Tue afternoon), Dan Windle (Thurs and Wed afternoon), Andrew McKenna (Fri afternoon), Lisa O'Sullivan (Sat afternoon, Sunday), Tom Macleod (Tue and Wed morning). Macleod and Hargreaves would have hosted Monday's play in the morning and afternoon respectively had their been any play on that day.

Test Match Special: England v. Sri Lanka Test Series

1st Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Ed Smith and Roshan Abeysinghe

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Vic Marks and Graeme Swann

2nd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Charles Dagnall and Roshan Abeysinghe

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Graeme Swann

talkSPORT

Saturday 7th May

Rugby Union: Premiership
Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs - Nick Heath

Friday 13th May

Rugby Union: European Rugby Challenge Cup Final
Harlequins v Montpellier Herault - Simon Ward

Rugby League: Super League
Wigan Warriors v Hull FC - Mark Wilson

Saturday 14th May

Rugby Union: European Rugby Champions Cup Final
Racing Metro 92 v Saracens - Russell Hargreaves

Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st May

Cricket: First Test Match
England v Sri Lanka - Jon Norman

Friday 20th May

Rugby Union: Pro12 Semi-Final
Leinster v Ulster - Russell Hargreaves

Saturday 21st May

Danny Kelly presented Fight Night Live, joined in the studio by Jack Collison after 10.45pm

Boxing: Heavyweight Contests
Shannon Briggs v Emilio Ezequiel Zarate & David Haye v Arnold Gjergjaj - Andy Clarke and Glenn McCrory (commentaries), with Gareth A Davies providing ringside analysis and Warren Haughton conducting interviews

Sunday 22nd May

Adrian Durham presented Magic Weekend Live from St James' Park

Rugby League: Super League
Wakefield Wildcats v Catalans Dragons - Mark Wilson and Luke Robinson (1pm commentary)

Monday 23rd May to Sunday 5th June

Tennis: French Open
Roland Garros Stadium - Lisa O'Sullivan

Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th May

Golf: BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club - Rupert Bell

Friday 27th to Monday 30th May

Cricket: Second Test Match
England v Sri Lanka - Jon Norman

Saturday 28th May

Rugby Union: Premiership Final
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs - Russell Hargreaves

Sunday 29th May

Rugby Union: International Match
England v Wales - Russell Hargreaves

Formula 1: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco - Graham Courtney

Friday 3rd June

Horse Racing: The Derby Festival
Epsom Downs - Rupert Bell (commentary on The Oaks at 4.30pm)

Rugby League: Super League
Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons - Richard Shaw-Wright

Alan Brazil and Jason Cundy presented that morning's Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast from Epsom Downs.

Saturday 4th June

Horse Racing: The Derby Festival
Epsom Downs - Rupert Bell and Lee McKenzie (commentary on the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Cup at 3.10pm and The Derby itself at 4.30pm)

There are a few omissions when it comes to sporting events you'd expect talkSPORT to have reporters covering during May - they didn't have anyone covering the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday 15th (it was the final day of the Premier League season) nor did they have anyone covering either Premiership rugby union semi-final on Saturday 21st (with it being FA Cup Final day and both games being live commentaries on talkSPORT 2).

5 Live - Tennis - French Open

Jonathan Overend presented both singles finals live from Roland Garros

Muguruzu v Williams - Russell Fuller, Jana Novotna & Phillip Studd

Djokovic v Murray - Russell Fuller, Pat Cash & Phillip Studd


Also on duty during the coverage were Alison Mitchell, Miles Maclagen, Mary Pierce, Leon Smith, Simon Briggs and Barry Flatman.

talkSPORT 2

Monday 23rd May to Sunday 5th June

The French Open Live was presented by the following:

Will Gavin - Mon 23 PM and Sun 5
Alex Dibble - Tue 24 AM
Andrew McKenna - Tue 24 PM, Wed 25 PM, Fri 27 PM and Thu 2 PM
Russell Hargreaves - Wed 25 AM, Thu 26 AM, Fri 27 AM, Sat 28 AM, Mon 30 PM, Tue 31 PM, Thu 2 AM and Fri 3 AM
Dan Windle - Thu 26 PM and Wed 1 PM
Lisa O'Sullivan - Sat 28 PM, Sun 29 and Fri 3 PM
Tom Macleod - Mon 30 AM, Tue 31 AM and Wed 1 AM
Toby Gilles - Sat 4

Tennis: French Open
Roland Garros Stadium - Gigi Salmon, Matt Brown, Courtney Nguyen, Craig Gabriel, Simon Cambers, Chris Bowers and Peter Odgers (commentary, as Radio Roland Garros)

Finals weekend coverage:

Saturday 4th June

Toby Gilles presented Matchday Live 2

Tennis: French Open Women's Singles Final
Serena Williams v Garbine Muguruza - Gigi Salmon and Matt Brown (2pm commentary, as Radio Roland Garros)

Sunday 5th June

Will Gavin presented The French Open Live

Tennis: French Open Men's Singles Final
Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray - Gigi Salmon, Matt Brown and Courtney Nguyen (2pm commentary, as Radio Roland Garros)

For the men's singles final, Salmon and Brown commenated on the first set, Salmon and Nguyen called both the second and fourth set, while Brown and Nguyen did the third set. With the presenters, I've used AM and PM to denote those who hosted the morning and afternoon legs of their coverage - although while the presenting switch sometimes occurred around 1pm, that wasn't always the case.

This weekend's other live sporting events:

Thursday 2nd June

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from Belle Vue

Rugby League: Super League
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Hull Kingston Rovers - Mark Wilson and Luke Robinson (8pm commentary), with Richard Shaw-Wright reporting

I'm not exactly sure what capacity Richard Shaw-Wright was working in (i.e. if he was heard reporting on pitchside matters during the match), but Mark thanked him at the end of the coverage.

Friday 3rd June

Ian Danter presented T20 Matchday Live from Edgbaston

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Kent v Gloucestershire - Jon Norman
Lancashire v Yorkshire - Andrew McKenna and Alex Tudor (6.30pm commentary)
Warwickshire v Durham - Ian Danter

Dants did bits of commentary from Edgbaston during the break of innings at Old Trafford and once that game had concluded.

Saturday 4th June

Will Gavin presented T20 Blast Live

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Leicestershire v Durham - Andrew McKenna and Derek Pringle (5.30pm commentary)

Wimbledon 2016 on the BBC

Join Eleanor Oldroyd and Tony Livesey throughout The Championships on BBC Radio 5 live. Over on 5 live Sports Extra, Karthi Gnanasegaram will present coverage of the day’s early matches on the outside courts.

With more than 100 hours of live coverage throughout The Championships, Tony and Eleanor will be joined by a including Leon Smith, Pat Cash, Richard Krajicek, Mary Pierce, Jana Novotna, Marion Bartoli, Mark Woodforde, Tracy Austin, Annabel Croft, Jeff Tarango, Miles Maclagan, Jeremy Bates, Naomi Cavaday and Nick Bollettieri. The full radio commentary team will be Russell Fuller (correspondent), David Law, Gigi Salmon, Alastair Eykyn, Iain Carter, Vassos Alexander, Alison Mitchell, Philip Studd and Sara Orchard. Reporting for 5 live throughout the 2016 Championships will be Delyth Lloyd.

2016 also sees the return of the popular 6-Love-6 programme with John McEnroe.

That is a bit misleading. A lot of the time 5 Live spends at Wimbledon won't be spent covering the tournament. I don't think Tony Livesey is there for in depth discussions about tennis.

I noticed Dave Fletcher, who has been commentating for Radio Leeds for a few years, is now covering Derbyshire cricket for BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Sheffield.

Yeah was appointed their cricket commentator, did cover the occasional Yorkshire match with Dave Callaghan.

He still does non league football commentaries/reports (Halifax/Guiseley) and Bradford but outside the cricket season/fixtures now.

BBC Live - Rugby Union - Saturday 11th June 2016

Australia vs England

Presented by Sonja McLaughlan with Paul Grayson and Matt Dawson.

Commentary by Ian Robertson, Chris Jones and Stirling Mortlock.

I heard a little bit of Radio Wales coverage of New Zealand vs Wales and was surprised to hear Ross Harries on commentary. I presume Gareth Charles was either doing Radio Cymru or S4C?

Perhaps Mr Difference or someone who knows BBC Wales better than me will know if this is his first rugby commentary? I've certain not known him do it before.

I'm genuinely not sure, although I've got a feeling that Ross has done a spot of rugby union commentary work before - I'm thinking maybe on one of the recent Autumn Internationals since Huw Llywelyn Davies' retirement, when the game has been covered across BBC TV, S4C, Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, when someone like Nick Webb (rather than Eddie Butler) was on English language TV and Gareth Charles was on Welsh language TV duty, I could imagine Ross being needed to commentate for Radio Wales. I could be wrong, but I'm sure I've heard it said he's been used as a commentator in the past.

I won't tread on Ian C's toes by posting the full Radio Wales details (I don't have them for Radio Cymru), but Ross was commentating with Wayne Pivac, the Kiwi coach of the Scarlets. I'm guessing Wayne is probably back home during the close season, so is a shrewd and cost effective choice. I'd also venture to guess that Ross Harries is doubling up as Radio Wales' commentator and as a general purpose reporter on this tour for BBC Wales TV, radio and the BBC Sport website.

talkSPORT 2

Wednesday 8th June

Will Gavin presented T20 Blast Live

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Kent v Hampshire - Andrew McKenna and Don Topley (6.30pm commentary)

Thursday 9th June

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from the Mend-A-Hose Jungle

Rugby League: Super League
Castleford Tigers v Widnes Vikings - Mark Wilson and Garry Schofield (8pm commentary)

Friday 10th June

Will Gavin presented T20 Matchday Live

Cricket: T20 Blast Group Stage
Nottinghamshire A-A Derbyshire - Andrew McKenna and Alex Tudor (7.15pm commentary)

Sunday 12th June

Dan Windle (morning) and Russell Hargreaves (afternoon) presented Royal London One-Day Cup Live

Cricket: One-Day Cup South Group
Kent v Glamorgan - Andrew McKenna, Nigel Bidmead and Don Topley (11am commentary)

Matt Coles and Daniel Bell-Drummond did a few guess summariser stints for a few overs during talkSPORT 2's first live One-Day Cup commentary. Dan Windle was the studio host in the morning up until the lengthy rain delay, with Russell Hargreaves having picked up the presenting reigns by the time the match got back underway.

Thanks for your reply as ever Mr Difference. I presume Nick Webb (whom I believe would usually commentate on Welsh internationals for Radio Wales) was busy with cricket duties. I had presumed that Ross was there for reporting duties as you say with someone else commentating.

A thousand apologies. I only got up just as the game was finishing (at around 10.30am) so this is what I heard

BBC Radio Wales had Mark Poyser as a studio host, but whilst I didn't hear the game itself, I heard Wayne Pivac but no commentator, so switched to BBC Radio Cymru, where I then heard Nathan Brew talking about the late tries to Bethan Clement (both back in Cardiff) - I then put 2+2 together as I didn't see any of the 'normal commentators' tweeting about them on commentary, so just assumed they weren't in the "Land of the long black cloud".

Nathan then joined Mark Poyser when Radio Cymru went to join 'Ar y Marc' for their show in Bordeaux at 10.35am, so I continued to listen to Radio Cymru.

Onto today's effort:-

Chiefs v Wales BBC Radio Cymru had Gareth Charles (also host), Emyr Lewis and Ken Owens (nationwide commentary via Digital radio only)

BBC 5 Live / Sports Extra - Tennis - ATP 500 London

The Final - Andy Murray v Milos Raonic

Jonathan Overend presented from The Queens Club

Commentary from Vassos Alexander (sets 1 & 3) and Gigi Salmon (set 2) with Mike Dickson (set 1) and Simon Briggs (sets 2 & 3)

Commentary started on Sports Extra with Gigi hosting and then was picked up by 5 Live during the second set.

Also on the Sports Extra coverage during the week were Russell Fuller (not sure where he was today?), Sara Orchard, Alastair Eykyn, Naomi Cavaday, Dominic Inglot and Leon Smith.

talkSPORT 2

Monday 13th to Sunday 19th June

Tennis: AEGON Championships
Queen's Club - Dave Luddy

Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th June

Golf: US Open
Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania - Bob Bubka

Thursday 16th June

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from the Select Security Stadium

Rugby League: Super League
Widnes Vikings v Wigan Warriors - Mark Wilson and Iestyn Harris (8pm commentary)

Friday 17th June

Jon Norman presented T20 Matchday Live from the Oval

Cricket: T20 Blast South Group
Surrey v Middlesex - Andrew McKenna and Alan Butcher (7.15pm commentary)

talkSPORT 2 didn't have any reporters at any of the night's other T20 Blast games, but they did have Will Gavin back in the studio rounding up the scores from elsewhere.

Saturday 18th June

Will Gavin presented Matchday Live 2

Cricket: T20 Blast North Group
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire - Andrew McKenna and Don Topley (2.30pm commentary)

Sunday 19th June

Russell Hargreaves presented T20 Blast Live from Edgbaston

Cricket: T20 Blast North Group
Warwickshire v Lancashire - Russell Hargreaves and Derek Pringle (2.30pm commentary)

With their focus being heavily on Euro 2016, talkSPORT haven't taken live updates from any other sporting events since the tournament began aside from this afternoon's Formula 1 European Grand Prix (Graham Courtney was reporting). Instead talkSPORT 2 has carried regular updates on the events the main station would normally cover, namely the tennis from Queen's and the US Open golf major. Both stations also had Rupert Bell and Lee McKenzie contributing from Royal Ascot during their morning programmes in the week.

BBC Test Match Special: England v Sri Lanka - The 3rd Test

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Alison Mitchell and Roshan Abeysinghe

Summarisers: Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Vic Marks

BBC TMS: England v Sri Lanka - The 1st ODI

Commentators: Jonathan Agnew, Charles Dagnall and Simon Hughes

Summarisers: Michael Vaughan, Graeme Swann and James Taylor

talkSPORT 2

Thursday 23rd June

Jon Norman presented T20 Blast Live

Cricket: T20 Blast South Group
Middlesex v Somerset - Andrew McKenna and Don Topley (8.15pm commentary)

Friday 24th June

Lisa O'Sullivan presented T20 Matchday Live

Cricket: T20 Blast South Group
Glamorgan v Surrey - Andrew McKenna and Peter Miller (6.30pm commentary)

Saturday 25th June

Andrew McKenna presented Matchday Live 2 from the Oval

Cricket: T20 Blast South Group
Surrey v Essex - Andrew McKenna and Alan Butcher (2pm commentary)

There was no live rugby league last Thursday night due to it being a Challenge Cup matchround. I'm not sure if Jon Norman hosted Thursday's cricket from Lord's, I suspect he may have done so from the studio as Lisa O'Sullivan did on Friday night. It's noticeable that T20 Matchday Live on Fridays hasn't been carrying updates from T20 Blast matches other than the commentary games (although this week they did carry reports from Guy Swindells on that night's England v Sri Lanka ODI). I presume this is because talkSPORT's resources are stretched at moment with so many of their people out in France for Euro 2016.

It's a relatively quiet time for talkSPORT 2 at the moment, with the next live action coming when Super League returns on Thursday with Huddersfield Giants v Hull FC being the commentary game. It's back to the T20 Blast on Friday with Yorkshire v Lancashire commentary. Interestingly, they're planning commentary on Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors from Super League on Saturday at 5pm. I wonder if Mark Wilson and co will be on-site in Perpignan.

Or they could move some of the football commentators down there to have a go at rugby league commentary. Football commentators have already commentated on cricket.

I'll be tuned in on Thursday and Friday all being well.

talkSPORT 2

Thursday 30th June

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live from the John Smith's Stadium

Rugby League: Super League
Huddersfield Giants v Hull FC - Mark Wilson and Michael Shenton (8pm commentary)

Friday 1st July

Will Gavin presented T20 Matchday Live

Cricket: T20 Blast North Group
Yorkshire v Lancashire - Andrew McKenna and Alex Tudor (7.25pm commentary)

Saturday 2nd July

Mark Wilson presented Super League Live

Rugby League: Super League
Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors - Mark Wilson and Andrew Henderson (5pm commentary)

Sunday 3rd July

Russell Hargreaves presented Matchday Live 2

Rugby League: Super League
Leeds Rhinos v Widnes Vikings - Mark Wilson and Phil Caplan (3pm commentary)

So Super League was the focal point of talkSPORT 2's live output this weekend, with there being little in the way of limited overs county cricket (no such games on Saturday and the only T20 Blast game scheduled for today was abandoned without a ball being bowled). It was pretty obvious that Mark Wilson and Andrew Henderson commentated on Saturday's game from Perpignan off-tube - I'm guessing they were in talkSPORT's London studios, given that Henderson coaches the London Broncos and Wilson tweeted about being in London yesterday. Andrew McKenna spoke with the commentary team when hosting the edition of Matchday Live 2 which preceded their live coverage, but he wasn't involved in the coverage itself between 4-7pm. Unusually for a Sunday, today's game was broadcast under the Matchday Live 2 branding with Russell Hargreaves being the studio-based host.

According to the upcoming fixtures page on rugby-league.com, during the three matchrounds before Super League splits in two for the Super 8s stage, on top of the standalone Thursday fixtures they normally cover talkSPORT 2 will be broadcasting commentary on Castleford v Warrington at 3.30pm on Sunday 17th July and Warrington v Huddersfield at 2pm on Saturday 23rd July. It wouldn't surprise me if they also decide to cover one of the two games scheduled for the following day, the last before the split, should one prove crucial to Super 8 qualification.

5 Live - Tennis - Wimbledon 2016

Thursday 7/7 - Ladies Semi Finals

Hosted by Eleanor Oldroyd and Tony Livesey

S Williams v Vesnina - David Law, Tracy Austin, Mary Pierce & Alison Mitchell
V Williams v Kerber - Russell Fuller, Annabel Croft, Jana Novotna & Gigi Salmon

5 Live - Tennis - Wimbledon 2016

Friday 8/7 - Mens Semi Finals

Hosted by Eleanor Oldroyd and Tony Livesey

Raonic v Federer - Alastair Eykyn, Pat Cash, Annabel Croft & Gigi Salmon.
Leon Smith provided additional analysis during changeovers.

Berdych v Murray- Russell Fuller, Richard Krajicek, Mary Pierce & David Law