Exclusive: Soul Limbo will return as sound of the summer for BBC cricket highlights show

• One of sport’s most iconic pieces of music will return to television this summer after the BBC confirmed Soul Limbo as the theme tune for its cricket coverage. Telegraph Sport can reveal that the corporation will bring back the signature sound for its highlights show, which begins on July 8 at 7pm, from England’s first Test against the West Indies. The 1968 song by Booker T. & The MG’s - which is to cricket what the Match of the Day theme tune is to football - was lost to TV screens when the BBC stopped showing live cricket towards the end of the last millennium. It was given another lease of life in the world of radio after being adopted as the theme tune to Test Match Special in 2000, since when it has made only fleeting television appearances. Confirming its TV return, a BBC spokesperson said: “The Soul Limbo theme tune will return to TV screens for the BBC’s cricket output, bringing with it the signature sound that has become so iconic throughout our cricket coverage over the years.”