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 [[: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.
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!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]] 1989–1990
| [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2004–
|- 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]] 1978–1990, 1992<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1984–1985
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1991–<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]] 1985–2003
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Terry Alderman]]
| [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1981–1991
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Paul Allott]]
| [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1978–1991<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1981–1985
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1994–1995
[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1995–
|- 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]] 1946–1957<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1957–1980
[[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]] 1988–1998
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Atherton]]
| [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1987–2001<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989–2001
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 2002–2005<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–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Trevor Bailey]]
| [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1946–1967<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1949–1959
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1967–1999<br>
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Jack Bannister]]
| [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1950–1968
| [[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]] 1948–1964<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1952–1964
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1960–1999<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 1977–<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999–2005
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|English]] [[Harsha Bhogle]]
| None
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1991–<br>
[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]]| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|English]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1995–<br>
[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]] [[BBC]] 1998–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg|20px|West Indian]] [[Ian Bishop (cricketer)|Ian Bishop]]
| [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] 1989–1998
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Greg Blewett]]
| [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]] 1991–2007<br>[[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1995–2000
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Henry Blofeld]]
| [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] 1958–1960
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1972-1991, 1994-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1991–1994
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Ian Botham]]
| [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1974–1985<br>[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 1986–1991<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992–1993<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1976–1992
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1994–1995
[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1996–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Geoffrey Boycott]]
| [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 1962–1986<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1964–1982
| [[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]] 2004–2005<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–
|- 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]] 1931–1953
| [[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]] 1951–1959
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Greg Chappell]]
| [[South Australia Redbacks|South Australia]] 1966–1973<br>[[Queensland Bulls|Queensland]] 1973–1984<br>[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1968–1969<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1970–1984
| [[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]] 1961–1980<br>[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1963<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1964–1980
| [[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]] 1937–1957
| [[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]] 1971–1987<br>[[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1974–1987
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Jamie Cox]]
| [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]] 1987–
|
|- 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–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Martin Crowe]]
| [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1982–1995
| [[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]] 1984–2003
| [[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]] 1956–1968 <br> [[England cricket team|England]] 1958–1968
| [[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]] 1991–2003
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Simon Doull]]
| [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1992–2000
| [[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]] 1974–1993 <br> [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] 1981–1991
|
|- 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]] 1961–1975
| [[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]] 1964–1978<br>[[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 1975
| [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2004–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Jack Fingleton]]
| [[New South Wales Cricket Club|New South Wales]] 1928–1940<br> [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1932–1938
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Damien Fleming]]
| [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1994–2001
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Graeme Fowler|Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler]]
| [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1979–1991<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992–1994<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1982–1985
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1994–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Angus Fraser]]
| [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1984–2002<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989–1999
| [[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–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Gatting]]
| [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1975–1998<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1977–1994
| [[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]] 1966–1988<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1971–1987
|
|- 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]] 1922–1925
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Graham Gooch]]
| [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1973–2000<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1978–1992
| [[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]] 1975–1989<br>[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 1990–1993<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1978–1992
| [[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]] 1951–1969
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Tony Greig]]
| [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 1966–1978<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1972–1977
| [[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]] –
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Ian Healy]]
| [[Queensland]] 1986–1999<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1988–1999
| [[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]] 1975–1987
| [[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]] 1975–1992<br>[[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1977–1986
|
|- valign="top"
|[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Robert Hudson (broadcaster)|Robert Hudson]]
| None
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1949–1950, 1962–1964<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1958, 1962–1968
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Simon Hughes (cricketer)|Simon Hughes]]
| [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1980–1992<br>[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 1992–1993
| [[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]] 1999–2005<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Five (channel)|Five]] 2006–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Nasser Hussain]]
| [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 1987–2004<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1989–2004
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2004–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Ray Illingworth]]
| [[England cricket team|England]] 1958–1973
| [[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]] 1946–1970<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1970–1994
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Nick Knight]]
| [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1991–2006<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1995–2003
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Jim Laker]]
| [[England cricket team|England]] 1948–1959
| [[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]] 1982–1989
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Gavin Larsen]]
| [[Wellington Cricket team|Wellington]] 1984–1999<br>[[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 1990–1999
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]]
| [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] 1989–2004
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Bill Lawry]]
| [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] 1955–1972<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1961–1971
| [[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]] 1996–2005
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Tony Lewis]]
| [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1955–1974<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1972–1973
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1975–1984<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[The Sunday Telegraph]] 1975–1993<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1984–1997<br>
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[David Lloyd (cricketer)|David Lloyd]]
| [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 1965–1983<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1973–1980
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1999–
|- 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]]) 1994–1996<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1996–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Sanjay Manjrekar]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] 1984–1998<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1987–1996
|
|- 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]] 1975–1989<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1982–1988
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Observer]]'' 1989-<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1992–
|- 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–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]]'') 1973–1980, 1985–<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC Television]] 1980-1985<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Cricketer]]'' 1980–1990<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' 1990–1998<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[The Times]]'' 1998–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|20px|Zimbabwe]] [[Pommie Mbangwa]]
| [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]] 1996–2002
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Alan McGilvray]]
| [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1933–1937
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1938–1985
|- 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–<br> [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 2005– ([[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–
|- 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]] 1912–1915<br> [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] 1920–1921
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 1950–1963
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mark Nicholas]]
| [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 1978–1995
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 1996–1998<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999–2005<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<br>[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Nine Network]] 2001–<br>[[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Five (channel)|Five]] 2006–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Kerry O'Keeffe]]
| [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1968–1980<br> [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1971–1977
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|English]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 2001–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Venkatesh Prasad]]
| [[Indian cricket team|India]] 1996–2001
|
|- 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]] 1977–1978<br>[[Punjab cricket team|Punjab]] 1978<br> [[Lahore City cricket team|Lahore City]] 1979–1983, 1985–1987, 1992–1993<br>[[Allied Bank Limited cricket team|Allied Bank Limited]] 1983–1984, 1994–1998<br>[[Pakistan National Shipping Corporation cricket team|Pakistan National Shipping Corporation]] 1988–1991<br>[[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] 1994<br>[[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] 1984–1997
| [[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]] 1983–1987<br>[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 1988–1996<br>[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 1998<br>[[Marylebone Cricket Club]] 1990<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1991–1996
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Channel 4]] 1999–2005
|- 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]] 2000–2004
| [[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]] 1920–1935
| [[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]] 1974–1991
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australia]] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] 2001–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Mike Selvey]]
| [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 1968–1971<br>[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 1972–1982<br>[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1983–1984<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1976–1977
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[BBC]] (''[[Test Match Special]]'') 1984–<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]] 1979–1994<br>[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 1987–1989, 1991<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1981–1992
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1994–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| [[Punjab cricket team|Punjab]] 1981–1999<br>[[Indian cricket team|India]] 1983–1999
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[ESPN|ESPN Star sports]] 1999–2003<br>[[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px|Emirati]] [[Ten Sports]] 2003–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px|Indian]] [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]]
| [[Indian cricket team|India]]1983–1987
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|Australian]] [[Michael Slater]]
| [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] 1991–2001<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1993–2001
| [[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]]1991–2003
|
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|New Zealand]] [[Scott Styris]]
| [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] 2002–
| [[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]] 1985–1999<br>[[Australian cricket team|Australia]] 1989–1999
| [[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]] 1949–1969<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1952–1965
| [[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]] 1986–2002<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1990–2001
| [[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]] 1992–2003<br> [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 2003–2005<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 2001
| [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px|English]] [[Sky Sports]] 2005–
|- valign="top"
| [[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px|South African]] [[Kepler Wessels]]
| [[Queensland]] –<br> [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] –
|
|- 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–
|- 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]] 1969–1984<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1971–1984
| [[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]] 1935–1955<br>[[England cricket team|England]] 1938–1950
| [[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
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