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Stanford Super Series kicks off winter cricket on 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra
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Commentary of the most financially rewarding match in cricketing history between the Stanford Superstars and England will be broadcast live on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 5 Live on Saturday 1 November.
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England and the Stanford Superstars will go head to head to compete for the $20million prize money made available by Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, who now lives in Antigua.
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Jonathan Agnew will be joined in the commentary box by Arlo White and Tony Cozier, alongside expert summarisers – West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards, England Test opener and Middlesex player Andrew Strauss, former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams and former England international and Middlesex captain Shaun Udal.
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Commentary is from 9.00pm.
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Test Match Special will also have coverage of the warm-up matches as Trinidad and Tobago take on the English Twenty20 champions Middlesex on Monday 27 October (9.15pm), followed by England v Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday 28 October (9.35pm), both on 91Èȱ¬ 5 Live Sports Extra.
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The TMS team move to India for a series of seven One Day Internationals and two Test matches, with ball-by-ball commentary on 5 Live Sports Extra from Friday 14 November (3.20am).
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Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar will provide expert analysis throughout the tour, with Geoffrey Boycott and Simon Hughes joining the team for ball-by-ball commentary of the two-match Test series from Thursday 11 December.
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Notes to Editors
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You can listen to Radio 5 Live on DAB digital radio, digital TV, online via bbc.co.uk/5live and on 909 & 693 AM; 5 Live Sports Extra is available on DAB digital radio, digital TV and online at bbc.co.uk/5livesportsextra.
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