- List of cricket commentators
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This is a list of media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket.
A number of famous players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.
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Bernard Kerr, an early ABC radio commentator on cricket.
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Montague Alfred Noble, former Australian captain. Expert commentator on earliest simulated ABC radio broadcasts of Ashes Tests.
Name First-class / List A career Broadcaster/Publication Ranil Abeynaike Bedfordshire 1982
Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990TEN Sports 2004–
Nimbus Sport 2006–Karunaratne Abeysekera None Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation First ever Sinhala cricket commentator
Jonathan Agnew Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992
England 1984–1985BBC (Test Match Special) 1991–
The People 1990-1991
BBC Television 1999, 2006-Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985–2003 ESPN Star Sports 2003- Terry Alderman Australia 1981–1991 Paul Allott Lancashire 1978–1991
England 1981–1985BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–
Rex Alston None BBC (Test Match Special) 1945-1964 John Arlott None BBC Radio 1946–1957
BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980The Guardian 1968-1980
Athar Ali Khan Bangladesh 1988–1998 Nimbus Sport Mike Atherton Lancashire 1987–2001
England 1989–2001Channel 4 2002–2005
Sunday Telegraph 2002-
TalkSPORT 2004-
Sky Sports 2005–Trevor Bailey Essex 1946–1967
England 1949–1959BBC (Test Match Special) 1967–1999 Jack Bannister Warwickshire 1950–1968 BBC Television 1984-1998 TalkSPORT 2001- Richie Benaud New South Wales 1948–1964
Australia 1952–1964BBC Television 1960–1999
Nine Network 1977–
Channel 4 1999–2005Five 2009–
Harsha Bhogle None ABC 1991–
ESPN Star Sports 1995–
BBC 1998–Ian Bishop West Indies 1989–1998 Five 2007 Greg Blewett South Australia 1991–2007
Australia 1995–2000Sky Sports 2009– Henry Blofeld Cambridge University 1958–1960 BBC (Test Match Special) 1972-1991, 1994-
Sky Sports 1991–1994Ian Botham Somerset 1974–1985
Worcestershire 1986–1991
Durham 1992–1993
England 1976–1992BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1996–
Geoffrey Boycott Yorkshire 1962–1986
England 1964–1982Sky Sports 1990-1998
BBC Television 1993-98
TalkSPORT 1998-2003
ESPN Star Sports 1997-2005
Channel 4 2004–2005
BBC (Test Match Special) 2005-
Five 2006–James Brayshaw Western Australia Nine Network 2007- Freddie Brown England 1931–1953 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957-69 Jim Burke Australia 1951–1959 Greg Chappell South Australia 1966–1973
Queensland 1973–1984
Somerset 1968–1969
Australia 1970–1984Nine Network 1989-1994 Ian Chappell South Australia 1961–1980
Lancashire 1963
Australia 1964–1980Nine Network 1983-
ESPN Star sports 2007-Michael Charlton None ABC ?–?
BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series);Shamim Chowdhury None Nimbus Sport Denis Compton England 1937–1957 BBC Television 1958-75
Sunday ExpressJeremy Coney Wellington 1971–1987
New Zealand 1974–1987Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2004– Dominic Cork Derbyshire 1990–2003
Lancashire 2004–2008
Hampshire 2009–2011
England 1992–2002BBC (Test Match Special) 2010 –
Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–Jamie Cox Tasmania 1987– Tony Cozier None Barbados Daily News 1961-1969
Nine Network 1977-1992BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–
Peter Cranmer Warwickshire 1934–1954 BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968 Martin Crowe New Zealand 1982–1995 Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006 Aravinda De Silva Sri Lanka 1984–2003 Sky Sports 2006 Ted Dexter Sussex 1956–1968
England 1958–1968BBC Television 1968-19?? Allan Donald South Africa 1991–2003 Simon Doull New Zealand 1992–2000 Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006– Jeff Dujon Jamaica 1974–1993
West Indies 1981–1991Matthew Engel None The Guardian
Wisden Cricketers' AlmanackFarokh Engineer India 1961–1975 BBC (Test Match Special) Ranjit Fernando Ceylon 1964–1978
Sri Lanka 1975Ten Sports 2004–2009 Jack Fingleton New South Wales 1928–1940
Australia 1932–1938Damien Fleming Australia 1994–2001 Tom Fordyce None BBC Live Text Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler Lancashire 1979–1991
Durham 1992–1994
England 1982–1985BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005 Angus Fraser Middlesex 1984–2002
England 1989–1999BBC (Test Match Special)
The Independent 2002-David Frith None The Cricketer
Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979-1996Arve Fuglum None NRK 1998– Mike Gatting Middlesex 1975–1998
England 1977–1994BBC (Test Match Special) Sunil Gavaskar Mumbai 1966–1988
India 1971–1987ESPN Star Sports 1992–
Nimbus Sport
BBC (Test Match Special)Natalie Germanos None SABC (Radio 2000) Alan Gibson None BBC (Test Match Special) 1962-1975 Arthur Gilligan England 1922–1925 Graham Gooch Essex 1973–2000
England 1978–1992Test Match Special 2002–2009 David Gower Leicestershire 1975–1989
Hampshire 1990–1993
England 1978–1992BBC Television1995-1999
Sky Sports1999-
Sunday TimesTom Graveney England 1951–1969 Tony Greig Sussex 1966–1978
England 1972–1977Nine Network 1984-
Channel 4 2005-
TEN SportsBob Harvie None Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Mike Haysman Leicestershire – TEN Sports Ian Healy Queensland 1986–1999
Australia 1988–1999Nine Network 1999- Michael Holding West Indies 1975–1987 Sky Sports
Nine Network 1992-David Hookes South Australia 1975–1992
Australia 1977–1986Robert Hudson None BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964
BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968Simon Hughes Middlesex 1980–1992
Durham 1992–1993The Independent
Daily Telegraph
Channel 4 1999–2005
Five 2006–> BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–Nasser Hussain Essex 1987–2004
England 1989–2004Sky Sports 2004– Ray Illingworth England 1958–1973 BBC Television 1984-19?? Robin Jackman England 1974–1983 SuperSport (Super Cricket) Brian Johnston None BBC Television 1946–1970
BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994Dean Jones Australia 1984–1992 ABC
TEN Sports 2003–2006
Zee Sports 2007–2008
NDTV 24x7 2010–Nick Knight Warwickshire 1991–2006
England 1995–2003Sky Sports 2006– Jim Laker England 1948–1959 BBC Television 1969-85 Arun Lal India 1982–1989 Nimbus Sport 2003–2010 Gavin Larsen Wellington 1984–1999
New Zealand 1990–1999Geoff Lawson Australia 1989–2004 Bill Lawry Victoria 1955–1972
Australia 1961–1971Nine Network 1985- Darren Lehmann Australia 1996–2005
Sky Sports 2005–Tony Lewis Glamorgan 1955–1974
England 1972–1973BBC (Test Match Special) 1975–1984
The Sunday Telegraph 1975–1993
BBC Television 1984–1997David Lloyd Lancashire 1965–1983
England 1973–1980Test Match Special 1992–1995
Sky Sports 1999–Simon Mann None BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996
BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–Sanjay Manjrekar Mumbai 1984–1998
India 1987–1996Sky Sports 2011–
ESPN Star Sports 2009–2011
TEN Sports 2004–2009Neil Manthorp None SuperSport (Super Cricket)
BBC (Test Match Special)Vic Marks Somerset 1975–1989
England 1982–1988The Observer 1989-
BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–Howard Marshall None BBC (BBC Radio) early 1930s–1945 Christopher Martin-Jenkins None BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985–
BBC Television 1980-1985
The Cricketer 1980–1990
Daily Telegraph 1990–1998
The Times 1998–Pommie Mbangwa Zimbabwe 1996–2002 TEN Sports Alan McGilvray New South Wales 1933–1937 ABC 1938–1985 Jim Maxwell None ABC 1973–
BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– (Ashes series);Glenn Mitchell None ABC 1990– Danny Morrison New Zealand 1987–1997 Sky Sport (New Zealand) Don Mosey None BBC (Test Match Special) 1974-1999 Johnnie Moyes South Australia 1912–1915
Victoria 1920–1921ABC 1950–1963 Mark Nicholas Hampshire 1978–1995 Sky Sports 1996–1998
Channel 4 1999–2005
Daily Telegraph
Nine Network 2001–
Five 2006–Kerry O'Keeffe New South Wales 1968–1980
Australia 1971–1977ABC 2001– Kalpa Palliyaguruge NCC,BRC & Nomads 1993-2001
Australia - Elestrenweek Cricket Club 1996–2000Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 2008- Venkatesh Prasad India 1996–2001 SET Max 2003 Norton Pereira None Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Rameez Raja Servis Industries 1977–1978
Punjab 1978
Lahore City 1979–1983, 1985–1987, 1992–1993
Allied Bank Limited 1983–1984, 1994–1998
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1988–1991
Islamabad 1994
Pakistan 1984–1997TEN Sports
BBC (Test Match Special)Dermot Reeve Sussex 1983–1987
Warwickshire 1988–1996
Somerset 1998
Marylebone Cricket Club 1990
England 1991–1996Channel 4 1999–2005 Barry Richards South Africa 1970 TEN Sports Mark Richardson New Zealand 2000–2004 Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006– R C Robertson-Glasgow Somerset 1920–1935 The Morning Post
The ObserverPeter Roebuck Somerset 1974–1991 ABC 2001– Mike Selvey Surrey 1968–1971
Middlesex 1972–1982
Glamorgan 1983–1984
England 1976–1977BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–2008
The Guardian 1985-Ravi Shastri Mumbai 1979–1994
Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991
India 1981–1992ESPN Star sports 1994–
Nimbus Sport 2006–Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab 1981–1999
India 1983–1999ESPN Star sports 1999–2003
TEN Sports 2003–2004
NDTV 24x7 2006–2009
Times Now 2010–Laxman Sivaramakrishnan India1983–1987 Nimbus Sport Michael Slater New South Wales 1991–2001
Australia 1993–2001Channel 4 2001-2005
Sky Sports 2006
Nine Network 2006-Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer) New Zealand 1980–1992 Sky Sport (New Zealand) Pranav Soneji None BBC Live Text Javagal Srinath India1991–2003 Scott Styris New Zealand 2002– Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006 E.W. Swanton Middlesex 1937-8 BBC (Test Match Special) 1938-1975
BBC Television 1948-1967
The Daily Telegraph 1946-1975Donna Symmonds Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988-?
BBC (Test Match Special) 1998-2000?Clive Taylor None The Daily Herald
The SunMark Taylor New South Wales 1985–1999
Australia 1989–1999Nine Network 1999- Fred Trueman Yorkshire 1949–1969
England 1952–1965BBC (Test Match Special) 1974-1999 Phil Tufnell Middlesex 1986–2002
England 1990–2001BBC (Test Match Special) 2003- Michael Vaughan Yorkshire 1993–2009
England 1999–2008Five 2009–
BBC (Test Match Special) 2009-Bryan Waddle None Radio Sport Ian Ward Surrey 1992–2003
Sussex 2003–2005
England 2001Sky Sports 2005– Shane Warne Hampshire 2000–2007
Australia 1992–2006
Rajasthan Royals 2008–
Victoria 1990–2006Sky Sports 2009– Kepler Wessels Queensland 1979–1986
Australia 1982–1994
Sussex 1976–1980
SuperSport (Super Cricket) Peter West None BBC Television 1952-1986 Arlo White None BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– Lucien Wijesinghe None Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Alan Wilkins Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983
Gloucestershire 1980–1982BBC 1987-1998
ESPN Star Sports 2000-Bob Willis Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984
England 1971–1984Sky Sports John Woodcock None The Guardian
The TimesNorman Yardley Yorkshire 1935–1955
England 1938–1950BBC (Test Match Special) 1956-1969 See also
- List of Test cricketers
- List of ODI cricketers
References
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden online archive
- Channel 4 Cricket: Meet the Team
- Test Match Special Website
- Cricinfo Website
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Ball by Ball - The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9
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