Best and Worst TV Commentators

[Teja.]

Ian Chappell is cringe-worthy. Unlike 70% of commentators, he actually analyzes the game but usually it's either terribly cliche or reaction-ist, village idiot stuff.

 

[GotSpin]

That's got much worse with three in the commentary box at once. Much worse.

Yeah it feels like they're all clamouring for air time because there's three of them together. I don't know about others, but it definitely ruins the cricket for me when they're talking as the ball is being bowled. Just shut the **** up then please!

 

[Black_Warrior]

Ian Chappell is cringe-worthy. Unlike 70% of commentators, he actually analyzes the game but usually it's either terribly cliche or reaction-ist, village idiot stuff.

Agree..add the occasional bias he is truly awful

 

[Black_Warrior]

Shane Warne is an excellent commentator when he is analysing the game..it really shows what an intelligent reader of the game he was..but the problem is he talks a lot of crap too..for an intelligent commentator..a helluva a lot of crap.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Dravid has been excellent on TMS. Objective and intelligent.

Agree with this, the days of Gavaskar and Shastri taking all the overseas jobs when India tour are over. Dravid would be a fine addition to any team worldwide.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Worst for me, Danny Morrison. Favourite, Jeremy Coney. Wish he was still a regular!

Coney doing TMS in the NZ tour so Sky must be taking him out as part of their team. He is very good, not afraid of saying it as he sees it but gives good critical observation about everything he says. Also praises whoever deserves it whatever side they are from. It is funny though when he goes off on one about a player doing something stupid.

 

[morgieb]

Benaud - good.
Lawry - one of the few guys that is enthusiastic about the game but doesn't really know enough.
Greig - meh.
Chappell - has his opinions but they're bad ones. Still, that's more then what the rest of the wankers can do.
Healy - biased ****.
Taylor - alright.
Slater - would be better off 9, just rambles on too much and is a massive wanker in T20.
Nicholas - meh.
Others - meh.

Would prefer it if they had a commentator from the opposition ftr.

 

[Jager]

Love the ABC Radio commentary team - O'Keefe, Richards, Mitchell and Maxwell (I think they're the other two) are great.

"Oh shut up Mark Nicholas" is probably my most-used sentence whilst watching games on TV though - can't stand his pompous waffling and ass-kissing

 

[Black_Warrior]

Love the ABC Radio commentary team - O'Keefe, Richards, Mitchell and Maxwell (I think they're the other two) are great.

"Oh shut up Mark Nicholas" is probably my most-used sentence whilst watching games on TV though - can't stand his pompous waffling and ass-kissing

O Keefe, Maxwell and Agnew (during the Ashes 2010) are amazing..

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Always enjoy Bob Willis whenever he's on in the Sky studio. His dry humour and sarcasm is hilarious.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Nicholas is way under-rated for mine. Yeah, he's still prone to go 'gaga' far too often when certain batsman (you know who) play the easiest shot in the world, but his analysis the majority of the time is worth listening too.

 

[Red]

Nicholas is way under-rated for mine. Yeah, he's still prone to go 'gaga' far too often when certain batsman (you know who) play the easiest shot in the world, but his analysis the majority of the time is worth listening too.

As a presenter or host, I quite like him. As a commentator, I don't like him as much. But he's ok.

 

[Furball]

Dravid 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

Dravid does have a sense of humour; on Sky last summer Ian Ward interviewed him immediately after the final Test and asked Dravid what went wrong with India during the series - Dravid just laughed and responded with "have you got half an hour?".

 

[Satyanash89]

Dravid does have a sense of humour; on Sky last summer Ian Ward interviewed him immediately after the final Test and asked Dravid what went wrong with India during the series - Dravid just laughed and responded with "have you got half an hour?".

Oh, yes the guy has a very sharp sense of humour... met him once in 2000 and he can definitely be funny.

Rahul Dravid mimics Sachin Tendulkar - YouTube

 

[Tromperie]

Love the ABC Radio commentary team - O'Keefe, Richards, Mitchell and Maxwell (I think they're the other two) are great.

Would there be any chance of O'Keefe et al going to Channel Ten if it somehow managed to snaffle the rights from Nine, as was mooted last week?

 

[benchmark00]

Would there be any chance of O'Keefe et al going to Channel Ten if it somehow managed to snaffle the rights from Nine, as was mooted last week?

I don't see why they wouldn't go for him. Skull has done some TV work before.

I reckon he'd be less effective on tv though. On radio he has plenty of time between balls just to talk **** and make jokes, whereas on tv they have graphics they talk about etc etc. Not saying he would be bad at that, he is extremely knowledgeable on the game of cricket and knows all of the players inside and out, he just wouldn't be Skull though.

 

[Spark]

Oh geez Ten are the last people I want with the rights to cricket. Would completely **** it up and have 50k people watching the first Test on TV in a few years

 

[benchmark00]

Stephen 'Quarters' Quartermain heading the coverage.


Wallsy doing the pitch reports.

 

[benchmark00]

Quartermain: Wallsy, Shane Watson is really struggling with his form, he can't seem to turn his starts into big scores, what do you think he should do?
Wallsy: You know what Quarters, I'd give him a go in the ruck.

 

[SS1]

Any of the fools on Channel 9.

I have never heard such biased, parochial nonsense in all my life as listening to Taylor, Lawry, Slater and co. Even Nicholas joins in. Its embarrassing.