Yeah... was tempted to give Ganguly one more but remembered his comment during the session break after the Ian Bell runout incident "I wouldnt have appealed" or something... yeah, dont kid yourself, Saurav... what a liarSatyanash summed up my views as well. Probably would give Ganguly 1 point more and Harsha 1 point less
Have enjoyed listening to Dravid, Ganguly and Colly in this series. Gavaskar tried to be funny at times and failed, but was generally not as bad as in the past. Shastri was also willing to criticize the Indians while both surprisingly commented about the opposition a lot more than usual.
I remember Ishant bowling a good delivery to Compton and Compton did well to play it with soft hands, and instead of drooling all over the good ball by Ishant as they normally do, they talked about how Compton has shown a lot of determination in this series.
Still dislike them, but they were actually tolerable in this series.
Bhogle was an annoying **** as always.
He was good back in 2003/04 on radio here in Australia when he toured. I think the more popular he's gotten, and the more people have been exposed to him, he's turned into a guy that always has to talk. He really gets ridiculously excited nowadays which is just cringeworthy. Not so bad when he writes and on Twitter.What is it about him? Why is he so utterly useless? Has got an MBA from IIM-A (ranked 11th in the world by FT) ffs... Actually, that might be part of the problem I remember he was interviewing Lillee once, and the great man had to shush him because Bhogle was constantly interrupting him during the answers. Gets excited like a school-kid to be honest.
I can't think of a single commentator who doesn't become seriously difficult to listen to during a T20.When Michael Slater just commentates, rather than trying to make things more exciting, I've really enjoyed him. Was good in the test series just gone. Turns in to a bit of a wanker around 20/20 time though.
Lawry is great..always loved him far more than his equally ebullient but more obnoxious counterpart in Tony Greig. He gets caught up in the moment but I like that about him. Never known him to be unfair, and I've heard him acknowledge greats of the game from all over the world.I think its universally accepted Healy is a **** commentator.
There's often talk about Lawry being biased, but I actually think he's one of the best about complimenting the opposition when they are playing really well. I think because he used to get really excited about Gilly and some other great cricketers (and really, no harm in getting excited watching ATGs playing the game) he has been unfairly painted as biased.
He definitely lacks knowledge about international cricketers - generally knows nothing about new opposition players. But he's not biased.
Rahul Dravid mimics Sachin Tendulkar - YouTubeDravid is really good. Wish he did not look as if life was a pain in the ass. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that he would have been one of India's finest captains if he had just a hint of a sense of humour as well.
There are so many good commentators from England and Australia but Boycott is a personal favourite as is Chappell. Nasser Hussain was a real revelation. One ex English cricketing great I don't much care for behind the mike is Sir Ian
That's got much worse with three in the commentary box at once. Much worse.The problem with the fellas from nine is the incessant talking. Just let the cricket entertain us. The guys from ABC are excellent though. Love it.
What I want to know is how the **** we ended up with Craig McMillan as our main commentator? Surely there's someone better than him.Worst for me, Danny Morrison. Favourite, Jeremy Coney. Wish he was still a regular!