Test Match Sofa is an online radio station providing cricket commentary for all England test matches

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 and selected One Day Internationals. The station is available worldwide serving as alternative commentary to the BBC's Test Match Special

Test Match Special

Test Match Special is a British radio programme covering professional cricket, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 , Five Live Sports Extra and the internet to the United Kingdom and the rest of the world...

 which is only available in the United Kingdom.

The station began broadcasting from the Tooting Bec

Tooting Bec

Tooting Bec is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London.It is named after Bec Abbey in Normandy, which was given land in this area after the Norman Conquest. Saint Anselm, the second Abbot of Bec, is reputed to have been a visitor to Tooting Bec long before he succeeded...

 home of one of the station's creators, Daniel Norcross, (who's grandfather died in 1935 in a drink driving accident) but moved to a rented house in Nunhead

Nunhead

Nunhead is a place in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. It is an inner-city suburb located southeast of Charing Cross. It is the location of the Nunhead Cemetery. Nunhead has traditionally been a working-class area and, with the adjacent neighbourhoods, is currently going...

, also in South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...

, in August 2010.

The commentary is uncensored and partial, usually in favour of England, or anyone playing against Australia. Listeners interact with the show's commentators through Twitter

Twitter

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, with this interaction often influencing the agenda.

Australian cricket writer Jarrod Kimber

Jarrod Kimber

Jarrod Kimber is a cricket writer who came to prominence as the founder of the cricketwithballs blog. Kimber was recently appointed editor of SPIN cricket Magazine....

 is a regular guest on The Sofa and former New Zealand cricketer Iain O'Brien

Iain O'Brien

Iain Edward O'Brien is a New Zealand cricketer who specialises in pace bowling. He also plays for Wellington, Leicestershire County Cricket Club and recently, the Middlesex County Cricket Club....

has done commentary duty in the past.