rollingstoned 320 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 6 hours ago, sage said: Nick Knight is the British Harsha Bhogle. Rarely adds any insight. harsha wishes he could analyse technique and batting the way knight did the bygone series. he is only a column writer who somehow landed a commentary gig. it becomes more evident with every penstroke and every sentence he utters on air. a turn of phrase isn't as useful when you need to also incorporate silence with the words. Link to post
kruiser 634 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 1/23/2021 at 9:53 AM, express bowling said: Good that Manju is not there. My first reaction as well. But then Jadeja is not playing, so Sanju decided to take a break :) express bowling and kirkutfan 2 Link to post
Norman 4,023 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I'm okay with Nick Knight but Mark Butcher is a god awful choice. His voice makes you sleep and he has no insights on the game whatsoever from whatever I've heard from him in Sri Lanka. And to those who're asking for Nasser and Athers.... they'll be on the Sky broadcast. Link to post
jf1gp_1 1,692 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Glad deep das is back. I'll miss kaif who gave such a balanced view in Aus series. Link to post
Forward Defence 3,808 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 We should get Shoaib Akhtar for Hindi commentary Link to post
TheWall 978 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/25/2021 at 7:56 PM, Bigg Brother said: Boycott and David Gower both arent with any broadcaster. Should have hired them for a brief stint, atleast for tests. Along with bumble,, express bowling 1 Link to post
TNAmarkFromIndia 722 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 There's an Indian commentator who has been doing commentary for BBC called Prakash Wakankar. Former Maharashtra U22 player. Link to post
puneet28 791 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 33 minutes ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said: There's an Indian commentator who has been doing commentary for BBC called Prakash Wakankar. Former Maharashtra U22 player. He is one of the nicest commentators. Long ago he used to do radio commentary for AIR. I still remember listening to him and Sunil Vaidya during 2003-2006 when we didn't have cable TV. I don't think these modern day commentators can match the excitement what veterans used to bring. Edited January 30 by puneet28 express bowling 1 Link to post
TNAmarkFromIndia 722 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 minute ago, puneet28 said: He is one of the nicest commentators. Long ago he used to do radio commentary for AIR. I still remember listening to him and Sunil Vaidya during 2003-2006 when we didn't have cable TV. I don't think these modern day commentators can match the excitement what veterans used to bring. Do we still have radio commentary for cricket matches in India? We need more cricket commentators outside of the usual on TV. Link to post
sarchasm 2,743 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I had the misfortune of listening to worthies like Deep Das, Amol etcetera during the SMAT. Beyond depressing really. All of them aspire to be next Sanju and Murali Karthick. Claustrophobically prejudiced, outdated analysis, a preference for buzzwords over being original, painfully limited vocabulary which means they end up parroting cliches....it's an endless list. It's why I choose Harsha over any of the other Indian commentators. diga and Sgattick10 1 1 Link to post
express bowling 43,079 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 16 minutes ago, sarchasm said: I had the misfortune of listening to worthies like Deep Das, Amol etcetera during the SMAT. Beyond depressing really. All of them aspire to be next Sanju and Murali Karthick. Claustrophobically prejudiced, outdated analysis, a preference for buzzwords over being original, painfully limited vocabulary which means they end up parroting cliches....it's an endless list. It's why I choose Harsha over any of the other Indian commentators. I think the English commentators were V.Razdan, Amol Mazumdar, H.Kanitkar, P.Ojha and Ajay Mehra. Most of them were horrible and the worst was Razdan. He does not seem to have any eye for talent. Kept criticising a rookie like Rahul Kumar because he was not bowling like a champion bowler. From his commentary, it seems like he can't distinguish between a Bumrah and a Natarajan. Ojha struggles to form a proper sentence. Mehra is the most optimistic of the lot. What worries me is that ... it is these 3rd rung cricketers, with very limited exposure to international cricket, who become selectors. If their eye for international quality cricketers is so poor, how will the interesting cricketers, from states with weak teams, come through !! diga, Sgattick10, sarchasm and 1 other 1 3 Link to post
sarchasm 2,743 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 57 minutes ago, express bowling said: I think the English commentators were V.Razdan, Amol Mazumdar, H.Kanitkar, P.Ojha and Ajay Mehra. Most of them were horrible and the worst was Razdan. He does not seem to have any eye for talent. Kept criticising a rookie like Rahul Kumar because he was not bowling like a champion bowler. From his commentary, it seems like he can't distinguish between a Bumrah and a Natarajan. Ojha struggles to form a proper sentence. Mehra is the most optimistic of the lot. What worries me is that ... it is these 3rd rung cricketers, with very limited exposure to international cricket, who become selectors. If their eye for international quality cricketers is so poor, how will the interesting cricketers, from states with weak teams, come through !! I remember that passage of play where one commentator kept slagging Rahul as if he were a 30 yo veteran with 100 match experience. Didn't know it was Razdan. The other commentator would haplessly interject mentioning Bihar's lack of experience but Razdan simply wouldn't listen. It just diminished the entire viewing experience. If these broadcasters cannot get cricketers who can articulate competently, I don's see what stops them from recruiting talent without any cricketing experience. It has to be done. We might get someone like Harsha minus the dramatics/complex. Edited January 30 by sarchasm express bowling 1 Link to post
puneet28 791 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said: Do we still have radio commentary for cricket matches in India? We need more cricket commentators outside of the usual on TV. Yes, Prasar Bharti even has youtube channel where they stream their radio commentary Link to post
afan 73 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Nas and Athers will be missed for sure. We would have loved to have a few recent retirees, just so that we could have a contemporary aspect to the current game scenario. Harsha and Sunny , we know almost what to expect Link to post
sage 1,068 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Sky got back rights for LOIs, DK joining the comm box Link to post
Serpico 1,121 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 8 hours ago, sage said: Sky got back rights for LOIs, DK joining the comm box Why isn't Isa Guha there! express bowling 1 Link to post
Vk1 2,132 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) On 1/30/2021 at 12:59 PM, express bowling said: I think the English commentators were V.Razdan, Amol Mazumdar, H.Kanitkar, P.Ojha and Ajay Mehra. Most of them were horrible and the worst was Razdan. He does not seem to have any eye for talent. Kept criticising a rookie like Rahul Kumar because he was not bowling like a champion bowler. From his commentary, it seems like he can't distinguish between a Bumrah and a Natarajan. Ojha struggles to form a proper sentence. Mehra is the most optimistic of the lot. What worries me is that ... it is these 3rd rung cricketers, with very limited exposure to international cricket, who become selectors. If their eye for international quality cricketers is so poor, how will the interesting cricketers, from states with weak teams, come through !! wonder if bcci has a framework to understand the skills needed for talent indentification.. people wud say its more of a natural instinct to spot talent but if you drill it down to granular level it will mostly be cricketing science. One should be evaluated to know if he/she is suitable or not considering the impact their choices would make. Edited February 23 by Vk1 express bowling 1 Link to post
Vk1 2,132 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 8 hours ago, sage said: Sky got back rights for LOIs, DK joining the comm box nice to see current players doing commentary.. brings us the perspective from dressing room.. Ash / Rahane can try this.. might even help them in their game express bowling 1 Link to post
express bowling 43,079 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 9 hours ago, sage said: Sky got back rights for LOIs, DK joining the comm box Just 1 Indian commentator !! Link to post
Bigg Brother 2,428 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 minute ago, express bowling said: Just 1 Indian commentator !! It's sky's panel. Dont worry, star will have our own Akash, Deep Das And Murali Karthik Sky usually have only 1 commie/analyst from the country they are playing against, Ashes is exception. Link to post
