BBC Check Match Particular presenters will ship the 2025 Marylebone Cricket Membership Cowdrey Lecture.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan and BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew will open the present on 3 April within the Nursery Pavilion at Lord’s.
They are going to then be joined by fellow commentators, former England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent and former England spinner Phil Tufnell.
The annual occasion, named after the late England batter Colin Cowdrey and likewise known as the Spirit of Cricket lecture, options outstanding figures in cricket discussing points within the sport.
Vaughan, who led England in 51 Checks, is about to debate the way forward for Check cricket.
“We had been delighted to be requested to host the 2025 Cowdrey Lecture,” mentioned the TMS crew.
“If you look by way of the checklist of earlier audio system, so many legends of cricket have delivered the lecture, and we’re honoured to be following of their footsteps for what we hope will probably be an entertaining night of cricket dialog.”
Since first being held in 2001, the lecture was often delivered by one individual however that is the second 12 months in a row will probably be hosted by multiple keynote speaker – after the BBC’s Tailenders podcast delivered the 2024 lecture.
Check Match Particular has supplied ball-by-ball protection of England matches since 1957.
Agnew, who performed three Checks for England within the Eighties, was the BBC’s cricket correspondent from 1991 earlier than transferring into his present chief commentator function final 12 months.
Rainford-Brent was the primary black lady to play for England and in 2009 gained the ladies’s 50-over and T20 World Cups and retained the Ashes. She has since helped discovered the African-Caribbean Engagement Programme (ACE) to construct grassroots cricket programmes for younger folks in black communities throughout the UK.
Tufnell took 121 wickets in 42 Checks for England and has been a part of the TMS crew since 2003.
