Test Match Special - James Bridgeman https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/tms/ This is BBC Sport's Test Match Special blog, which pulls together in one place recent posts about cricket from our bloggers. Links to the blogs of all the contributors can be found below. en Copyright 2013 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:55:31 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.33-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss House Rules In order to try to keep the blog on an even keel, we need to set out a few ground rules to begin with. It's part and parcel of being the BBC really - we have to be a bit more structured... They're very similar to the House Rules on our messageboards.

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]]> James Bridgeman James Bridgeman https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/tms/2006/08/house_rules.shtml https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/tms/2006/08/house_rules.shtml Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:55:31 +0000 About the TMS blog Welcome to the all-new Test Match Special blog.

Our aim is to help you get closer to our cricket presenters and producers, giving you the chance to feed your thoughts and opinions directly into Test Match Special and Five Live's cricket coverage.

Amongst our bloggers, you'll hear from Jonathan Agnew, Arlo White, producers Peter Baxter and Adam Mountford, as well as our cricket journalists at the BBC Sport web site. We also hope to have guest bloggers for you from the world of cricket - so if there's anyone in particular you'd like to hear from, let us know and we'll try to get them to write something.

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And do try to keep your comments short and relevant to the posts they answer. We will delete off-topic posts because we want to keep this blog focused on the World Cup experience. Readers looking for longer or broader discussions such as the interminable Chris Read v Geraint Jones debate should visit our message boards.

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That's it - we hope you enjoy our TMS blog and look forward to talking to you.

James Bridgeman, Blog Editor

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