Alison Mitchell

Alison Mitchell is a freelance English sports broadcaster. She is the first woman to commentate regularly on the BBC's 'Test Match Special', and she is a reporter and commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live and Five Live Sports Extra. In March 2014, she was voted SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year 2013 by members of the Sports Journalists' Association. She is also the first woman to have called men's cricket ball by ball on ABC Radio Grandstand in Australia.

Mitchell began her broadcasting life with the BBC as a part-time broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Northampton while studying for A-levels at Wellingborough School, where she is a committee member of the Old Wellingburians. She played many sports at school, captaining the school tennis, netball and athletics squads.

She played hockey competitively, representing Northamptonshire, being selected for Midland Developments squads, playing for the University of Nottingham 1st XI and captaining the club.

She took a degree in geography at the University of Nottingham (dissertation entitled "The Impact of Television on the Cultural Geography of English Cricket" 1995–2000) and then trained in broadcast journalism at Falmouth College of Arts. She gained her first experience of live reporting on cricket, football and rugby at BBC Radio Cornwall before freelancing for BBC Radio Leicester.

Mitchell has worked across all BBC Networks, including Radio 5 Live, Radio 4, Radio 1, the Asian Network and the World Service. She also works in television, and has presented sport news for the BBC News Channel. She was Britain's first female cricket commentator, calling games ball by ball.

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