He attributes this habit to having spent much time listening to BBC's commentary of Test cricket on Test Match Special.
A number of items in the BBC Radio 4 schedule are carried on the longwave frequency only: these include Yesterday In Parliament at 0835–0900 on Tuesdays to Fridays, The Daily Service at 0945–1000 on Mondays to Fridays, the Shipping Forecast at 1201–1204 daily and 1754–1757 on Mondays to Fridays, and Test Match Special during international cricket games.
Test cricket | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Site of Special Scientific Interest | Special Air Service | Special Olympics | Special Operations Executive | Test | Special Broadcasting Service | Special Branch | television special | Crash Test Dummies | Best Special Effects | test pilot | River Test | test | Special Boat Service | Paris Match | Match of the Day | Special Court for Sierra Leone | Match Game | Match fixing | Special effect | Duke Special | Common Admission Test | United States special operations forces | United States Special Operations Command | Turing test | The Varsity Match | Test Pilot | Special Service Brigade |
During the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Croft provided analysis for the BBC's Test Match Special radio coverage on all the Guyana based matches.
Raja has worked as a commentator on Test Match Special and Sky Sports, during the 2006 England Test series against Pakistan.
Andrew Samson is the current (2013) statistician for the BBC's live broadcasts of "Test Match Special" when the England cricket team is playing abroad.