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The Commentators: Shane Warne
Australia’s search for the next Shane Warne seems destined to last for all eternity. We take a look at what the man himself is up to nowadays. When he isn’t taking ‘EH’ to the IPL, at least.
The Commentators: Jim Maxwell
You might have noticed a token Aussie on TMS today. We check out his credentials and see if he makes the grade.
The Commentators: My Dear Old Thing / You Senile Old Fool
Love him or loathe him, Henry Blofeld is as much part of the cricketing summer as rain and misjudged tweets.
The Commentators: Tony Cozier
It seems an appropriate time to give a little biography of a man currently gracing our wireless sets: Tony Cozier.
The Commentators: It’s Willistime.
Much like policemen and teachers, aren’t the Sky Sports cricket pundits getting younger? Last summer Nick Knight was promoted to the Test match commentary team and this winter has seen a long line of recently retired (or soon to retire) players giving their views on the various matches from around the world. But amidst the Butchers, Corks and Keys lurks a strange grey-haired giant.
The Commentators: The Tourism Ambassador
One of the most familiar sounds to a cricketing armchair viewer, from Hobart to Hove to Hyderabad, will be the elongated vowel sounds of Tony Greig.
An Evening With Athers
By Anthony K Last Wednesday evening saw Mike Atherton at the LSE to promote the new compendium of his journalism, “Glorious Summers and Discontents.” He was introduced and interviewed by Professor Robert Baldwin of the LSE’s Law Faculty before the event was thrown open to questions from the floor. In a wide-ranging session, Atherton brought […]
The Commentators: MP Vaughan
By Anthony K The great cricketer who fails as a captain (q.v.: Botham, I.T.) is a staple of sporting journalism and the usual conclusion is that they lack the insight required to understand and motivate players who don’t share their instinctive genius. Here at 51AllOut, we have little to add to this store of wisdom, […]
The Commentators: Lord Gower
David Ivon Gower presents the Sky cricket coverage with the same languid style as he batted: eloquent and laid-back, but smart and on the button with it. He tends to let his outspoken colleagues Ian Botham and David Lloyd do the shouting, as he sits back and chuckles wryly. During periods of analysis in the […]
The Commentators: Aggers
Jonathan Philip Agnew has been the BBC’s Cricket Correspondent for what seems like forever, but he still remains a joy to listen to, whether commentating on the action, running Test Match Special before and after play, interviewing guests or popping up on other radio programmes to offer his thoughts on the match in hand, or […]
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