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With England's series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates concluded, Test Match Special will broadcast ball-by-ball commentary on England's forthcoming two-Test series in Sri Lanka.

After two three-day warm-up matches, England will play Test matches in Galle (26-30 March) and Colombo (3-7 April).

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew leads the TMS team, and will be joined on commentary duty by Simon Mann and Roshan Abeysinghe.

Expert analysis will be provided by TMS regulars Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Vic Marks.

How to listen to TMS

Jonathan Agnew and Sir Viv Richards
  • BBC 5 live sports extra: Digital radio; Digital satellite channel 0144; Freeview channel 706; Cable TV channel 864 or 908
  • BBC Radio Four: Analogue radio on 198 LW; Digital satellite channel 0143
  • Online at bbc.co.uk/cricket
  • Via the Red Button

Commentary is available on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and via the BBC Sport website.

There will also be regular updates from Kevin Howells on BBC Radio 5 live, and a highlights programme on BBC 5 live sports extra after play each day.

The TMS podcast, featuring Aggers and Geoff Boycott's review of the day, is available after each day of England's Test matches.

You can get in touch with the programme by e-mailing tms@bbc.co.uk or texting 84040 , while you can also follow TMS producer Adam Mountford  and other members of the team on Twitter.

BBC Radio 5 live will also have regular reports, features and special programmes throughout the year, while you can also hear cricket coverage on the BBC World Service, and the BBC Sport website will have live text commentaries on all of England's games, as well as reports, features and blogs.

BBC Local Radio broadcasts extensive commentaries on county cricket each summer.

You can also access the BBC Ashes Archive at bbc.co.uk/ashesarchive for some famous historical moments from the past, as described by TMS.

In January 2012, BBC Sport announced a new six-year radio rights deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board, which means TMS will be on air with exclusive radio commentary of all home series up to and including the end of the 2019 season.

TMS will also be covering more domestic cricket and women's internationals as part of the new deal, as well as a year-round TMS podcast.

Most cricket broadcast via the BBC Sport website is available to UK users only, although Test Match Special is available worldwide via the website for England's home matches.

England's full fixtures (times and coverage details subject to change)

Some red button coverage may not be available on Freeview - further details here.

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