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This is a list of notable media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket from around the world. 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.
Official podcast. Test Match Special (also known as TMS) is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket. The programme is available on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra ( digital) and on BBC Sounds to the United Kingdom and (where ...
Brian JohnstonCBE MC. Brian Alexander Johnston CBE MC (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994.
Henry Blofeld. Henry Calthorpe Blofeld OBE (born 23 September 1939), [1] nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.
27 April – Sunday Cricket begins broadcasting a match each week from the new Sunday League. [8] 1972. A new one-day competition, the Benson & Hedges Cup, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round. 1975. 7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup.
Isa Tara Guha (born 21 May 1985) is a British cricket commentator, television and radio cricket broadcaster, and a former England cricketer who played in the 2005 World Cup and the 2009 World Cup. [1] She cites winning the World Cup in 2009 as a career highlight. [2] She played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter.
Chris Berman – ESPN 1985–present. Allen Bestwick – ESPN 2014–present. Rocky Boiman – BBC Radio 5 Live 2012–13 & 2015–2017, Absolute Radio 2013–2014. Terry Bradshaw – CBS 1984–1994, Fox 1994–present. Greg Brady – BBC Radio 5 Live 2006–13, Talksport 2017–present. Tim Brant – ABC 1982–present.
Guerilla Cricket is an Internet radio site that broadcasts commentaries of cricket matches internationally, as a separate entity from those produced by official organisations such as the BBC. It was set up in 2014 up by alumni of Test Match Sofa, an earlier alternative commentary site. [1] [2] Broadcasts have emanated from a variety of sites in ...