10-03-2023, 12:30 AM
(09-03-2023, 02:30 PM)NI92 Wrote:(09-03-2023, 02:03 PM)UTVLifer Wrote: Confirmation that Clare Balding will take over from Sue Barker, heading up Wimbledon coverage from this year
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Also confirmed by the BBC, also Isa Guha will be part of the presentation team again this year
Clare Balding confirmed as lead presenter of BBC Wimbledon coverage from 2023 - Media Centre
Isa Guha's involvement will have implications regarding BBC's TV and radio coverage of the Ashes series in the summer; she will definitely miss the Third Test (starting 6th July) and may miss the Second Test a week earlier. Similarly, Alison Mitchell will also miss the Third Test if she is required for Wimbledon commentary duties. With the greatest respect, I wouldn't have Aatif Nawaz commentating on the Ashes series, either on Test Match Special on the radio or the BBC2 highlights (which will probably be aired initially on BBC4 during Wimbledon), but the person I would like to see the BBC recruit for their Ashes coverage, even if it's for 2 tests to cover various absences, is a 4-time Ashes winner and an Ashes-winning captain to boot and being a former Ashes-winning captain, it gives the BBC coverage credence and gravitas it deserves for a series of its magnitude and it will earn the BBC some brownie points with the cricket-loving public.
Step forward one David Ivon Gower...