I only found out this week that the BBC had lost the rights for the overseas tour. Like.....WTF!!!!! For a brief period my world fell apart.
For those of us listening to TMS since childhood, this kind of loss is no laughing matter. But...regaining composure and perspective.....things change, and to give TalkSport2 credit - there are no adverts [until play finishes]...and all the commentators are a selection of the usual suspects you hear elsewhere om the media. There's a whole pool of them that trot from studio to studio during the Test matches, so in reality, there's hardly that much difference reality. I could be wrong, but memory seems to suggest that TalkSport may have had the radio rights for cricket for a brief period int he past.
I wonder how long lived BBC's online "The Cricket Social" will be...
I listened to it initially, hoping to pick up TMS at the ground, but then realizing [and reseaching] what was going on, 'The Cricket Social' sounded a bit empty and almost a bit desperate TBH. There's something about the lack of ground ambient noise that makes the listening experience very dead and flat. As much as I love TMS, I'd have to delve into the depths of self-delusion to convince myself that it was worth listening too for this series.
Fascinating game this second test.
