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Ashes highlights to air on interactive every day at 10.00pm
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Interactive graphics and stats info available with live TMS commentary
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成人论坛 Sport presenters and lifelong cricket fans, Manish Bhasin and Rishi
Persad, have today been announced as the new faces of the 成人论坛's cricket
highlights coverage.
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Manish, best known as the presenter of Football Focus, will present coverage of
the Ashes and Cricket World Cup highlights, while Rishi, a presenter and
reporter for 成人论坛's coverage of horse racing, will present highlights of the one-day international series and provide reports for the Cricket World Cup
programmes.
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Expert studio analysis and discussion will be provided by some of the game's
legendary stars, including: acclaimed cricketer and broadcaster Richie Benaud;
former England captain Tony Greig; ex-England batsman Geoffrey Boycott and Test
Match Special (TMS) stalwart Jonathan Agnew.
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As well as TV highlights of the Ashes and one-day internationals, the 成人论坛 has
also acquired the rights for interactive highlights.
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Beginning on 成人论坛i each
day at 10.00pm, cricket fans can catch the all the major action before the
main highlights programme airs in its regular slot, straight after Newsnight on 成人论坛 TWO on
weekdays, and around 11.00pm at weekends.
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Following the 成人论坛 TWO programme, 成人论坛i viewers can press the red button for up-to-date scores, statistics, graphical illustrations of the action, audience
reaction and more - while at the same time listening, live, to the distinctive
and authoritative commentary of the TMS team in the background.
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成人论坛 Director of Sport, Roger Mosey, said: "Manish and Rishi are both passionate
cricket fans. They are also up-and-coming stars of 成人论坛 Sport, and they'll bring
an exciting fresh approach to the return of cricket to 成人论坛 Television."
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There will be comprehensive live radio coverage of the Tests with Test Match Special on 成人论坛
Radio 4 LW and Five Live Sports Extra.
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There will also be full live radio
coverage (UK only) as well as ball-by-ball text coverage available online at
bbc.co.uk/cricket.
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成人论坛 Sport also announced that the contracts to produce the cricket highlights
for the Ashes and the ICC Cricket World Cup have been awarded to independent
producers Sunset+Vine and TWI respectively.
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Notes to Editors
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Highlights are not available free-to-air until 10.00pm due to a contractual
restriction.
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First Test, Brisbane, 23-27 November 2006;
Second Test, Adelaide, 1-5 December 2006;
Third Test, Perth, 14-18 December 2006;
Fourth Test, Melbourne, 26-30 December 2006;
Fifth Test, Sydney, 2-6 January 2007.
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The one-day international series will run from 12 January to 13 February 2007.
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The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup runs from 13 March to 28 April 2007.
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Biographies
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Manish Bhasin
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Cricket has long been a sporting passion for Manish. A keen leg spinner, he
played regularly while at Anglia Polytechnic and also trialled for
Leicestershire Colts before going on to receive coaching from the former
England and Leicestershire spin bowler Chris Balderstone.
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Manish joined Central News East in 2001 where he presented in-depth coverage of
the region's essential sport, including Soccer Sunday which was nominated as
best Regional Sports Actuality Programme.
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During his successful tenure Manish was nominated for Regional Sports
Presenter or Commentator of the Year at the Royal Television Society Sport
Awards.
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Previously Manish spent five years at 成人论坛 Radio Leicester working on various
programmes as a sports presenter and commentator, including the Drive at
5 programme presenting the latest news and sport.
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He was one of the pioneers of the Radio Leicester's first weekly cricket
show, Cricket Sports Talk, which featured notable guests such as Nasser Hussein
and ECB chairman of selectors, David Graveney.
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During his time here Manish
reported on Leicestershire's progress home and away in all competitions and
co-commentated on several day/night games.
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Highlights of Manish's time at Radio Leicester include reporting from Leicester
Tigers' last minute victory in the 2001 Rugby European Cup final against Stade
Francais and again the following year at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium where the
Tigers faced Munster.
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Another achievement was attaining a hard-hitting and exclusive interview with
former England all-rounder Chris Lewis. 听
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Manish is a current member of the cricket charity the Lords Taverners.听 He
attends fund-raisers - including Q&A sessions with ex-England skipper Mike
Gatting - and plays for them at every available opportunity.
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In August this year, minutes after Pakistan refused to take the field on the
fourth day of the 4th Test at the Oval, Manish hosted a special cricket and
football edition of 606 on 成人论坛 Radio Five Live.
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As confusion reigned, Manish
took calls from Oval spectators, and interviewed Mike Gatting and Pat
Murphy live from the ground.
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Manish recently lived out a boyhood dream playing with former England
internationals Jon Emburey and Mark Ramprakash in a charity game at Lords.
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Rishi Persad
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Rishi grew up in Trinidad, just a 10-minute walk from the Queen's Park Oval in
Port-of-Spain.
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He spent a lot of his early childhood watching all levels of
cricket, from a young Brian Lara playing club cricket to Viv Richards
destroying the English tourists led by David Gower.
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Rishi played a lot of cricket at school, both in Trinidad and in the UK, where
he came to live aged 12 in 1986.
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After leaving university he spent seven years
playing for Old Finchleians in the Hertfordshire League - being a middle order
left-handed batsman who bowled - until he began working in television which
meant weekends were occupied by horse racing rather than cricket.
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Prior to joining the 成人论坛 Rishi was at Channel Four where he was part of their
RTS award-winning team at the Cheltenham Festival.
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He joined the 成人论坛 in April
2003 and has since worked on the London Marathon, Wimbledon, The Open Golf
Championship and bowls coverage.
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Whilst working for the 成人论坛, Rishi has interviewed cricketing greats
including Michael Holding and Richie Benaud, and in the summer he had an
exclusive one-on-one interview with Andrew Flintoff during his rehabilitation
at Bovey Castle.
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Rishi has also worked on the Athens Olympics, where on two occasions he presented
Olympic Grandstand alongside Sue Barker and Clare Balding.
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He also writes for magazines and
has interviewed Michael Atherton for the official Vodafone Derby Magazine.
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When possible Rishi tries to get back to Trinidad to watch games - he was
present at the Queen's Park Oval when Courtney Walsh became the first bowler to
take 500 test wickets against South Africa.
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