Michael Vaughan will be returning to BBC Sport for this summer’s men’s Ashes series.
Vaughan was dropped by the BBC in 2021 for “editorial reasons” when he was accused of using racist language towards his former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq. He denied the allegations and was cleared by the Cricket Discipline Commission earlier this year.
He will be joining the cricket team for both the Ashes and the Test Match against Ireland.
BBC Sport will have live ball-by-ball commentary on Test Match Special of all men’s and women’s international matches on BBC Sounds, as well as daily TV highlights of the Ashes on Today at the Test.
World Cup and Ashes winner, Isa Guha will host Today at the Test, joined by guests including Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell and Vaughan.
Before the cricket starts, BBC will air a new documentary How to win the Ashes on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two.
There will also be an Ashes special on ‘Tailenders’ with England record breaker James Anderson, and ‘No Balls’ with England bowler Kate Cross and World Cup winner Alex Hartley.
TMS coverage will be available live on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, and will be led by Jonathan Agnew, alongside a commentary team including Isa Guha, Simon Mann, Alison Mitchell, Daniel Norcross and Jim Maxwell, with summarisers Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell, Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Ebony Rainford Brent, Vic Marks, Moeen Ali and Alex Hartley, with Andy Zaltzman returning as scorer
For the women’s Ashes they’ll be joined by Melinda Farrell, Henry Moeran, Melissa Story and Emily Windsor, with World Cup winners Anya Shrubsole and Georgia Elwiss, and former Australia captain Alex Blackwell.
Eleanor Oldroyd will lead the reporting team on both men’s and women’s games on BBC 5 Live, and will be joined by Ashes winning bowler Steven Finn and guests.
“We love being able to bring live sport to audiences and our cricket coverage is a huge part of that. I’m thrilled that we are delivering a wealth of cricket coverage this summer across,” said Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater.
“TV, radio and online, keeping fans at the heart of the action. From the iconic Ashes tournament to more recent formats like The Hundred, we are making cricket accessible to all.”
