{"podcast":{"title":"Test Match Special","slug":"test-match-special-470353","podcast_index_feed_id":470353,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrsl2.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsl2","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0mvvkmp.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":651,"summary":"The Test Match Special team bring you the very best cricket reaction, insight & analysis. Plus the No Balls podcast with Kate Cross and Alex Hartley brings a fine balance of nonsense and cricket as they welcome some of the biggest names in the sport.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:21:04.760427+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/test-match-special-470353"},"episode":{"title":"The art of spin bowling","slug":"the-art-of-spin-bowling","published_at":"2026-04-27T21:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/test-match-special-470353/the-art-of-spin-bowling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/test-match-special-470353","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ngygw8","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ngyg2h.mp3","summary":"Mark Chapman, Sir Alastair Cook, Jack Leach and, Phil Tufnell discuss the attitude towards spinners in England, how franchise cricket has affected the art of spin and whether England know what they want from their spinner heading into the summer. How do you become a spinner? Is it down to the player or coach? Jack Leach and Phil Tufnell give insight into how they found themselves becoming spinners and, whether a batters’ attitude changes as you get older and as they get older. As a spinner, what do you need from your captain? Is it blind faith? Is it protection if you are going for runs? The panel dive into the mind of a spin bowler and how they can adapt their game. TIME CODES: 00:00 Intro and London Marathon 01:50 County Cricket’s substitute rule 04:03 The art of spin bowling 05:30 Captains and spinners 15:32 The nuance of spin 17:30 How did it start? 25:05 English attitude towards spin 33:26 When were you at your peak? 35:00 What if you started as a spin now? 38:20 The mental side 41:40 What do England want this summer?","meta_description":"Mark Chapman, Sir Alastair Cook, Jack Leach and, Phil Tufnell discuss the attitude towards spinners in England, how franchise cricket has affected the art…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2868,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/test-match-special-470353/episodes/the-art-of-spin-bowling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/test-match-special-470353/the-art-of-spin-bowling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}