List of cricket commentators 695741 216875950 2008-06-03T16:53:08Z Jhall1 1558654 dab Woodcock {{dynamic list}} This is a list of '''media commentators and writers''' on the [[sport]] of '''[[cricket]]'''. A number of [[:Category:Lists of cricketers|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. {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size:95%;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" !Name !! [[First-class cricket|First-class]] / [[List A cricket|List A]] career !! Broadcaster/Publication |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Ranil Abeynaike]] | [[Sinhalese Sports Club]] 1989&ndash;1990 | [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2004&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Karunaratne Abeysekera]] |None | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Radio Ceylon]]/ [[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]] First ever Sinhala cricket commentator |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Jonathan Agnew]] | [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] 1978&ndash;1990, 1992<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1984&ndash;1985 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1991&ndash;<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The People]]'' 1990-1991<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1999, 2006- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg|20px|Pakistan]] [[Wasim Akram]] | [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] 1985&ndash;2003 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Terry Alderman]] | [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1981&ndash;1991 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Paul Allott]] | [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1978&ndash;1991<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1981&ndash;1985 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1994&ndash;1995 [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1995&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Rex Alston]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1945-1964 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[John Arlott]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Radio]] 1946&ndash;1957<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1957&ndash;1980 [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Guardian]]'' 1968-1980 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|20px|Bangladesh]] [[Athar Ali Khan]] | [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladesh]] 1988&ndash;1998 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Atherton]] | [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1987&ndash;2001<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989&ndash;2001 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 2002&ndash;2005<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' 2002-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[TalkSPORT]] 2004-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2005&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Trevor Bailey]] | [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1946&ndash;1967<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1949&ndash;1959 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1967&ndash;1999<br> |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Jack Bannister]] | [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1950&ndash;1968 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1984-???? |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Richie Benaud]] | [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1948&ndash;1964<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1952&ndash;1964 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1960&ndash;1999<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1977&ndash;<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999&ndash;2005 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|English]] [[Harsha Bhogle]] | None | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1991&ndash;<br> [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]]| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|English]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1995&ndash;<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]] [[BBC]] 1998&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indian]] [[Ian Bishop (cricketer)|Ian Bishop]] | [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] 1989&ndash;1998 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Greg Blewett]] | [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]] 1991&ndash;2007<br>[[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1995&ndash;2000 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Henry Blofeld]] | [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] 1958&ndash;1960 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1972-1991, 1994-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1991&ndash;1994 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Ian Botham]] | [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1974&ndash;1985<br>[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 1986&ndash;1991<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992&ndash;1993<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1976&ndash;1992 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1994&ndash;1995 [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1996&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Geoffrey Boycott]] | [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 1962&ndash;1986<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1964&ndash;1982 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1990-1998<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1993-98<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[TalkSPORT]] 1998-2003<br> [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]]| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|English]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 2001-<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 2004&ndash;2005<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 2005-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Five (channel)|Five]] 2006&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[James Brayshaw]] | [[Western Australia cricket team|Western Australia]] | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|Freddie Brown]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1931&ndash;1953 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1957-69 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Jim Burke]] | [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1951&ndash;1959 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Greg Chappell]] | [[South Australia Redbacks|South Australia]] 1966&ndash;1973<br>[[Queensland Bulls|Queensland]] 1973&ndash;1984<br>[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1968&ndash;1969<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1970&ndash;1984 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1989-1994 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Ian Chappell]] | [[South Australia Redbacks|South Australia]] 1961&ndash;1980<br>[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1963<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1964&ndash;1980 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1983- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Denis Compton]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1937&ndash;1957 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1958-75 <br> [[Sunday Express]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Jeremy Coney]] | [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]] 1971&ndash;1987<br>[[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1974&ndash;1987 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Jamie Cox]] | [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]] 1987&ndash; | |- valign="top" | [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indian]] [[Tony Cozier]] | None | [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indian]] [[Barbados Daily News]] 1961-1969<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1977-1992 [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1966&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Martin Crowe]] | [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1982&ndash;1995 | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Sky]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Aravinda De Silva]] | [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 1984&ndash;2003 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|England]] [[Ted Dexter]] | [[Sussex cricket team|Sussex]] 1956&ndash;1968 <br> [[England cricket team|England]] 1958&ndash;1968 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1968-19?? |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South Africa]] [[Allan Donald]] | [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] 1991&ndash;2003 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Simon Doull]] | [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1992&ndash;2000 | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Sky]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indies]] [[Jeff Dujon]] | [[Jamaica cricket team|Jamaica]] 1974&ndash;1993 <br> [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] 1981&ndash;1991 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Matthew Engel]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Guardian]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Farokh Engineer]] | [[Indian cricket team|India]] 1961&ndash;1975 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Ranjit Fernando]] | [[History of cricket in Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] 1964&ndash;1978<br>[[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 1975 | [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2004&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Jack Fingleton]] | [[New South Wales Cricket Club|New South Wales]] 1928&ndash;1940<br> [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1932&ndash;1938 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Damien Fleming]] | [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1994&ndash;2001 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Graeme Fowler|Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler]] | [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1979&ndash;1991<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992&ndash;1994<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1982&ndash;1985 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1994&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Angus Fraser]] | [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1984&ndash;2002<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989&ndash;1999 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'')<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Independent]]'' 2002- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[David Frith]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Cricketer]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Wisden Cricket Monthly]]'' 1979-1996 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px|Norwegian]] [[Arve Fuglum]] | None | [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px|Norwegian]] ''[[NRK]]'' 1998&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Gatting]] | [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1975&ndash;1998<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1977&ndash;1994 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Sunil Gavaskar]] | [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] 1966&ndash;1988<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1971&ndash;1987 | &nbsp; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South Africa]] [[Natalie Germanos]] | None | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South Africa]] [[SABC]] (''[[Radio 2000]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Alan Gibson]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1962-1975 [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Times]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Arthur Gilligan]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1922&ndash;1925 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Graham Gooch]] | [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1973&ndash;2000<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1978&ndash;1992 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 2000- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[David Gower]] | [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] 1975&ndash;1989<br>[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 1990&ndash;1993<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1978&ndash;1992 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]]1995-1999<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]]1999-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Tom Graveney]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1951&ndash;1969 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Tony Greig]] | [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 1966&ndash;1978<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1972&ndash;1977 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1984-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 2005 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Bob Harvie]] |None | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Radio Ceylon]]/ [[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Mike Haysman]] | [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] &ndash; | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Ian Healy]] | [[Queensland]] 1986&ndash;1999<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1988&ndash;1999 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1999- |- valign="top" | [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indian]] [[Michael Holding]] | [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] 1975&ndash;1987 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]]<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1992- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[David Hookes]] | [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] 1975&ndash;1992<br>[[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1977&ndash;1986 | |- valign="top" |[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Robert Hudson (broadcaster)|Robert Hudson]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1949&ndash;1950, 1962&ndash;1964<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1958, 1962&ndash;1968 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Simon Hughes (cricketer)|Simon Hughes]] | [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1980&ndash;1992<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992&ndash;1993 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Independent]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999&ndash;2005<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Five (channel)|Five]] 2006&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Nasser Hussain]] | [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1987&ndash;2004<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989&ndash;2004 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2004&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Ray Illingworth]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1958&ndash;1973 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1984-19?? |- valign="top" |[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Brian Johnston]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1946&ndash;1970<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1970&ndash;1994 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Nick Knight]] | [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1991&ndash;2006<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1995&ndash;2003 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Jim Laker]] | [[England cricket team|England]] 1948&ndash;1959 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1969-85 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|India]] [[Arun Lal]] | [[Indian cricket team|India]] 1982&ndash;1989 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Gavin Larsen]] | [[Wellington Cricket team|Wellington]] 1984&ndash;1999<br>[[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1990&ndash;1999 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] | [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1989&ndash;2004 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Bill Lawry]] | [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] 1955&ndash;1972<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1961&ndash;1971 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1985- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Darren Lehmann]] | [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1996&ndash;2005 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Tony Lewis]] | [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1955&ndash;1974<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1972&ndash;1973 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1975&ndash;1984<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[The Sunday Telegraph]] 1975&ndash;1993<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1984&ndash;1997<br> |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[David Lloyd (cricketer)|David Lloyd]] | [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1965&ndash;1983<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1973&ndash;1980 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1999&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Simon Mann (cricket commentator)|Simon Mann]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] ([[BBC Radio Five Live|Radio 5]]) 1994&ndash;1996<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1996&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Sanjay Manjrekar]] | [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] 1984&ndash;1998<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1987&ndash;1996 | &nbsp; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South African]] [[Neil Manthorp]] | None | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South African]] [[SuperSport]] (''[[Super Cricket]]'')<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Vic Marks]] | [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1975&ndash;1989<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1982&ndash;1988 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Observer]]'' 1989-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1992&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Howard Marshall (broadcaster)|Howard Marshall]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[BBC Radio]]'') early 1930s&ndash;1945 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1973&ndash;1980, 1985&ndash;<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1980-1985<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1980&ndash;1990<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' 1990&ndash;1998<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Times]]'' 1998&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|20px|Zimbabwe]] [[Pommie Mbangwa]] | [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] 1996&ndash;2002 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Alan McGilvray]] | [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1933&ndash;1937 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1938&ndash;1985 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Jim Maxwell (commentator)|Jim Maxwell]] | None | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1973&ndash;<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 2005&ndash; ([[The Ashes|Ashes]] series); |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Glenn Mitchell (sports broadcaster)|Glenn Mitchell]] | None | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1990&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Don Mosey]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1974-1999 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Johnnie Moyes]] | [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]] 1912&ndash;1915<br> [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] 1920&ndash;1921 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1950&ndash;1963 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mark Nicholas]] | [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 1978&ndash;1995 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1996&ndash;1998<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999&ndash;2005<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 2001&ndash;<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Five (channel)|Five]] 2006&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Kerry O'Keeffe]] | [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1968&ndash;1980<br> [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1971&ndash;1977 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 2001&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Venkatesh Prasad]] | [[Indian cricket team|India]] 1996&ndash;2001 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Norton Pereira]] |None | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Radio Ceylon]]/ [[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg|20px|Pakistani]] [[Rameez Raja]] | [[Servis Industries cricket team|Servis Industries]] 1977&ndash;1978<br>[[Punjab cricket team|Punjab]] 1978<br> [[Lahore City cricket team|Lahore City]] 1979&ndash;1983, 1985&ndash;1987, 1992&ndash;1993<br>[[Allied Bank Limited cricket team|Allied Bank Limited]] 1983&ndash;1984, 1994&ndash;1998<br>[[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation cricket team|Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] 1988&ndash;1991<br>[[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] 1994<br>[[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] 1984&ndash;1997 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Dermot Reeve]] | [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 1983&ndash;1987<br>[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1988&ndash;1996<br>[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1998<br>[[Marylebone Cricket Club]] 1990<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1991&ndash;1996 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999&ndash;2005 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South Africa]] [[Barry Richards (cricketer)|Barry Richards]] | [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] 1970 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Mark Richardson (cricketer)|Mark Richardson]] | [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 2000&ndash;2004 | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Sky]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[R C Robertson-Glasgow]] | [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1920&ndash;1935 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Morning Post]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Observer]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Peter Roebuck]] | [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1974&ndash;1991 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 2001&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Selvey]] | [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 1968&ndash;1971<br>[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1972&ndash;1982<br>[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1983&ndash;1984<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1976&ndash;1977 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1984&ndash;<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Guardian]]'' 1985- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Ravi Shastri]] | [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] 1979&ndash;1994<br>[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1987&ndash;1989, 1991<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1981&ndash;1992 | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1994&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] | [[Punjab cricket team|Punjab]] 1981&ndash;1999<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1983&ndash;1999 | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1999&ndash;2003<br>[[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2003&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]] | [[Indian cricket team|India]]1983&ndash;1987 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Michael Slater]] | [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1991&ndash;2001<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1993&ndash;2001 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 2001 <br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Javagal Srinath]] | [[Indian cricket team|India]]1991&ndash;2003 | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Scott Styris]] | [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 2002&ndash; | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Sky]] 2006 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[E.W. Swanton]] | [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1937-8 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1938-1975<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1948-1967<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' 1946-1975 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Clive Taylor]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Daily Herald]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Sun]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]] | [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1985&ndash;1999<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1989&ndash;1999 | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1999- |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Fred Trueman]] | [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 1949&ndash;1969<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1952&ndash;1965 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1974-1999 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Phil Tufnell]] | [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1986&ndash;2002<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1990&ndash;2001 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealander]] [[Bryan Waddle]] | None | [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|English]] [[Radio Sport]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Ian Ward]] | [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 1992&ndash;2003<br> [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 2003&ndash;2005<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 2001 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2005&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South African]] [[Kepler Wessels]] | [[Queensland]] &ndash;<br> [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] &ndash; | |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Peter West]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1952-1986 |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Arlo White]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 2005&ndash; |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Lucien Wijeysinghe]] |None | [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px|Sri Lankan]] [[Radio Ceylon]]/ [[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Bob Willis]] | [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]], [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1969&ndash;1984<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1971&ndash;1984 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[John Woodcock (cricket writer)|John Woodcock]] | None | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Guardian]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Times]]'' |- valign="top" | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Norman Yardley]] | [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 1935&ndash;1955<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1938&ndash;1950 | [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1956-1969 |} ==See also== * [[List of Test cricketers]] * [[List of ODI cricketers]] ==References== * ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' and the [http://statserver.cricket.org/almanack/?select=article;type=alm;submit=menu Wisden online archive] * [http://www.channel4.com/sport/cricket/tv/c4team.html Channel 4 Cricket: Meet the Team] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tms/ Test Match Special Website] * [http://www.cricinfo.com Cricinfo Website] * [[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]]: ''Ball by Ball - The Story of Cricket Broadcasting'', Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9 [[Category:Sports commentators|Cricket]] [[Category:Cricket on the radio]] [[Category:Cricket on television]] [[Category:Cricket lists|Commentators]]