Commentary complaints thread

[_Ed_]

We might be needing this.

ICC announce star-studded commentary panel for Men’s T20 World Cup 2024

Some of the biggest names in cricket will provide their expertise during the broadcast of the upcoming tournament.

www.icc-cricket.com

Making his World Cup debut, American commentator James O’Brien – better known as Jomboy – will aim to add context to the games for our American audiences.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

We might be needing this.

ICC announce star-studded commentary panel for Men’s T20 World Cup 2024

Some of the biggest names in cricket will provide their expertise during the broadcast of the upcoming tournament.

www.icc-cricket.com

Jomboy is actually pretty cool and understands the game pretty well, they could definitely have made worse picks if they wanted to go for an Influencer

I can see that it would be kinda grating for some that there might be baseball terms invading though

 

[shortpitched713]

Jomboy's a real one. He's been doing cricket commentary for a minute, and genuinely seems to have an enjoyment for the game, so they could have done far worse in terms of American tokenism.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We have to understand that this tournament is somewhat not for your average American. We see this just by looking at the start times of some of these games. Laughable.

 

[shortpitched713]

10:30 Am doesn't tickle your fancy?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

10:30 Am doesn't tickle your fancy?

The only other sport that start at such a time in the US is golf...and the London games of the NFL.

We in the US, expats love our games in the afternoon and evening...see: MLC lol

 

[Spikey]

jomboy will be better than like 70% of this list

ICC Men's T20 World Cup commentary panel: Ravi Shastri, Nasser Hussain, Ian Smith, Mel Jones, Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Samuel Badree, Carlos Brathwaite, Steve Smith, Lisa Sthalekar, Ricky Ponting, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Ramiz Raja, Eoin Morgan, Tom Moody, Wasim Akram, James O'Brien, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Michael Atherton, Waqar Younis, Simon Doull, Shaun Pollock, Katey Martin, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Natalie Germanos, Danny Morrison, Alison Mitchell, Alan Wilkins, Brian Murgatroyd, Mike Haysman, Ian Ward, Athar Ali Khan, Russel Arnold, Niall O'Brien, Kass Naidoo, Daren Ganga

 

[Yeoman]

The familiarity of these names is the problem. Just because a person was good at playing cricket does not mean that they are good at commentating on it. They are quite separate skill sets.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

At least they’ve got something right. Russel Arnold’s there.

 

[turnstyle]

Considering 45% of the teams are associates, you'd think they'd at least add Andrew Leonard.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

jomboy will be better than like 70% of this list

ICC Men's T20 World Cup commentary panel: Ravi Shastri, Nasser Hussain, Ian Smith, Mel Jones, Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Samuel Badree, Carlos Brathwaite, Steve Smith, Lisa Sthalekar, Ricky Ponting, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Ramiz Raja, Eoin Morgan, Tom Moody, Wasim Akram, James O'Brien, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Michael Atherton, Waqar Younis, Simon Doull, Shaun Pollock, Katey Martin, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Natalie Germanos, Danny Morrison, Alison Mitchell, Alan Wilkins, Brian Murgatroyd, Mike Haysman, Ian Ward, Athar Ali Khan, Russel Arnold, Niall O'Brien, Kass Naidoo, Daren Ganga

While I'm thrilled for Uganda qualifying and quite like Namibia, I'm disappointed for Pommie that Zim missed out. He's one of my favourite commentators from that list.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

While I'm thrilled for Uganda qualifying and quite like Namibia, I'm disappointed for Pommie that Zim missed out. He's one of my favourite commentators from that list.

Isn’t Brian Murgatroyd the other Zimbabwean on this list/panel? He’s better most of them, not Pommie’s level tho.

 

[straw man]

Ctrl+F "Danny Morrison"

phew what a relief

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Big Danny fan I take it?

 

[straw man]

huuuuuge

 

[_Ed_]

Ctrl+F "Danny Morrison"

phew what a relief

Danny's definitely there. He did the WI v PNG game, overexcited coin-toss coverage and all.

 

[Molehill]

huuuuuge

I'm a DLF Maximum Morrison fan!!

 

[morgieb]

Isn’t Brian Murgatroyd the other Zimbabwean on this list/panel? He’s better most of them, not Pommie’s level tho.

Always thought he was British. Though given his lack of professional playing experience and where he commentates he's basically a nomad at this point.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Never quite got the Morrison hate. Maybe I skipped his overexuberant years because he seems to be a distinctly mellower version these days. Also seems to be a genuinely nice sort unlike a few other vindictive pricks doing the rounds.

Speaking of, at least there's no Manjrekar to spray his colleagues with gratuitous spittle.

 

[Molehill]

Just turned onto my first game of this comp. In the first 10 mins I've seen presenter Neroli Meadows (never heard of her but can't fault her enthusiasm other than the fact there's a shitload of it), Shastri, Smith (G), Haysman, Arnold, Smith (S).

Have they got 6 at every game?