Talk:List of cricket commentators



=Nichalp  «Talk»=  14:11, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

It's a good list, but does David Frith belong in a list of commentators? JH 18:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I didn't initially notice that the list is of "commentators and writers". I'm not sure that that's a good idea, though. There are probably far more writers on the game than there are commentators, so the commentators could get rather swamped. Also there's already a category for cricket historians and writers that will cover those who have written "serious" cricket books. If just commentators is thought too linited, I'd prefer "commentators and journalists" to the broader "commentators and writers". JH 19:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Other names to be included: Mike Haysman (name added no sources of exact dates located yet) Keppler Wessels (name added to list but other details still need to be added) Neil Manthorp Rvwedd 17:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I've added sections for; Ian Bishop Arun Lal Wasim Akram Javagal Srinath Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Pommie Mbangwa Nick Knight Venkatesh Prasad Barry Richards Rvwedd 18:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know when Ted Dexter ceased to be a BBC TV commentator? I know he was still doing it in 1988, and I suspect that it may have been his last season, as he became Chairman of the Test Selectors in 1989, and I wouldn't have thought that he could have combined the two. JH 19:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm also going to add Norman Yardley, Ray Illingworth and Jack Bannister, but I don't know when the last two stopped working for BBC TV. For Bannister, I also don't know his dates with Talksport and any other broadcasters that he may have been involved with. JH 20:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

There is some inconsistency about how Test Match Special is handled when giving dates. The BBC started ball-by-ball coverage for the full duration of all home Tests in 1957, calling the programme by that name, but of course there was a lot of radio cricket commentary on Tests before that. Some entries, eg for Alston, make the simplification of calling all BBC radio coverage of Tests TMS. Other entries, eg Arlott's, do not. Whichever option is adopted, we need to be consistent. JH 21:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Just to say, I am merging the names from Catergory:Cricket commentators with those in this list Rvwedd 07:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

List need to be arranged in alphabetic order
In this current format it is looking a total mess.

It needs to be arranged properly in either alphabetic order or by country! Managerarc (talk) 18:30, 7 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't understand your comment. It is in alphabetical order. JH (talk page) 09:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Ohh, now I got it. It's arranged according to second name. I was wondering if it could be arranged according to first name or by country. Managerarc (talk) 10:24, 10 January 2010 (UTC)


 * In most countries, the last name is the normal one to use for sorting.


 * I really think this should be arranged by country first, then alphabetical within the country.
 * Also, a list at the top of the current premier commentators would be good. I.e., the ones who do world cups, who travel from their home country for their team's away games, etc. There would only be between ten and twenty of them right? Kansaikiwi (talk) 13:49, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Time Zones
Afternoon, There is a two  hour time Zone in Queensland ?

You are giving a 3 hour time due to  the some  Radio  Commentators  being based in Sydney ?

C' mon! Get it right ?

Cheers ! Alan , Capel , W.A. 101.175.138.35 (talk) 06:20, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Women commentators
The list contains no women at all. There are a number of articles about individual women who have become cricket presenters and commentators. These include Alison Mitchell, Isa Guha, Charlotte Edwards, Dame Ebony Rainford-Brent, Sana Mir, Lisa Sthalekar, Urooj Mumtaz, Melanie (Mel) Jones, Anjum Chopra, Mithali Raj, Marina Iqbal. Frances (Frankie) MacCay, Katey Martin, Debbie Hockley, Zainab Abbas, Mignon du Preez, Dane Van Niekerk, Stacy-Ann King

Others without articles include Kass Naidoo, Natalie Germanos.

This is likely not an exhaustive list.

These women need to be included in the Cricket Commentators article and table (with the addition of a column for gender), or perhaps given a separate table of their own in the same article, plus a separate article of their own. Kirkers (talk) 04:02, 13 April 2023 (UTC)


 * No women at all? A quick search found the first two in your list: Mitchell and Guha. I didn't bother to search any further. I don't see why women should have a separate table or article, though a column for gender might be a good idea. JH (talk page) 07:44, 13 April 2023 (UTC)