TV and radio coverage

[pup11]

Originally Posted by chalky

Botham apart Sky's regular panel look top notch with added Warnie.

Botham, Gower, Hussain, Bumble, Warnie, Atherton & Holding.

I'm just happy that I won't have to listen to Botham and Bumble during the Ashes which is a big relief.

[archie mac]

My eight best commentators (not in order)

Boycott
Blowers
Skull
Atherton
Holding
Chappelli
Shastri
Gower

WorstSix
Greig (yes his out, he's got him. How about a name Greigy?)
Healy (bias, even as an Aussie, I can feel it)
Slater (yes it's so exciting!)
Willis (wake me up please, would like to see him and Slater on together)
Fleming (shut up. please)
Warne (talks more than Fleming)

[howardj]

Originally Posted by sifter132

Thankfully Richie doesn't get to talk too much these days with the 3 man commentary box. I think he feels he has to force his way in sometimes with some dry wit, or some over the top praise, or making something sound way more interesting than it is.

Hopefully lots happens when Bill Lawry is commentating. Bill on a dull day is torturous - same tired cliches and suggestions.

You're a good man.

Someone who calls Rich and Bill for what they are - crap, and way stale.

[howardj]

Originally Posted by chalky

Botham, Gower, Hussain, Bumble, Warnie, Atherton & Holding.

What a massive seven week long piss up those guys will have in Aus.

Willis, Knight etc must have been horribly disappointed to miss selection and such an awesome trip.

[howardj]

Originally Posted by pup11

Haha, yeah... I hope Richie doesn't come up with the same ''Ponting told Symonds to stay there till the end'' story again. It just makes me mad to listen to him say this same thing again and again every summer.

haha That's in my sig

"be here at the end.....and he was!"

[chalky]

Originally Posted by howardj

What a massive seven week long piss up those guys will have in Aus.

Willis, Knight etc must have been horribly disappointed to miss selection and such an awesome trip.

As bad as Botham is in the comm box he sounds like great company for a piss up, from what the other commentators say he pretty much hits it every night and everyone else just makes what days they can. I think there has been a few sick days with other commentators trying to keep up remember Nasser, Atherton & Bumble all looking a rough and saying they were drinking with Botham the previous night.

But yeah getting paid to travel around Australia for 3 months watching cricket and taking in the night life it's a tough job ......

[superkingdave]

Originally Posted by howardj

What a massive seven week long piss up those guys will have in Aus.

Willis, Knight etc must have been horribly disappointed to miss selection and such an awesome trip.

thank **** we don't have to listen to Knight in the Ashes, almost as bad as Vaughan

[Blog it for six]

Slats is one of my favourites, especially when him and Boycott argue because you can hear the point when Slater eventually cracks and has to put Boycs in his place. On which point, I don’t know how Boycott gets his job in the TMS commentary box, he says the same tired old things time and time and time again. I’m English, but his bias towards England is just too much sometimes.

I actually like Vaughan, think he talks sense, but agree with Zaremba that Hughes isn’t as good a commentator as he was an analyst.

[Marcuss]

No radio coverage of Tour game?

[four_or_six]

I'm wondering if we can stream ABC radio, but I can't figure out which station to choose.

[superkingdave]

Not sure its available online its ABC grandstand or something

[four_or_six]

Originally Posted by superkingdave

Not sure its available online its ABC grandstand or something

Shame, Agnew got my hopes up on Twitter. Thanks

[superkingdave]

Originally Posted by four_or_six

Shame, Agnew got my hopes up on Twitter. Thanks

ABC Sport - Live Streaming: Australia A v England
Seems it is on

[four_or_six]

Originally Posted by superkingdave

ABC Sport - Live Streaming: Australia A v England
Seems it is on

I'm a day late, but thanks for this. Have finally got it working this evening, I've been struggling with my new Ubuntu... I'm a bit of a novice!

[GingerFurball]

Originally Posted by Blog it for six

Slats is one of my favourites, especially when him and Boycott argue because you can hear the point when Slater eventually cracks and has to put Boycs in his place. On which point, I don’t know how Boycott gets his job in the TMS commentary box, he says the same tired old things time and time and time again. I’m English, but his bias towards England is just too much sometimes.

I actually like Vaughan, think he talks sense, but agree with Zaremba that Hughes isn’t as good a commentator as he was an analyst.

Nah, Boycott was hilarious in 2005 when he laughed at Glenn McGrath getting a wicket off a no-ball.