Sanath Jayasuriya - Great Player but....

[simmy]

Worst commentator ever?

Discuss.

 

[sideshowtim]

Yeah, he's pretty bad.

Felt a bit sorry for Nick Knight. Was trying to get a whole chemistry thing going, but Sanath wasn't giving him much to work with.

 

[simmy]

Knight is annoying too tbh.

Takes him way too long to get a sentence out.

David Lloyd ftw!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Meh. Think you're being harsh. Just been listening to him with Beefy (which is always a foot up I guess, as he'll struggle to be the worst informed in the comm box in that scenario) and he was ok. Nothing flash, but not Healy-bad anyway.

 

[Richard]

Sanath Jayasuriya - Great Player but....

Worst commentator ever?

Discuss.

Think you're mixing him up with Waqar Younis TBH.

 

[The Baconator]

Yeah, he ain't that great, but he has improved noticeably through the match IMO. Give him some time.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The worst commentators are Graham Gooch and Jack Bannister simply because neither of them can utter a single sentence without puncuating it with "and uh".

 

[Majin]

Think he'll be a decent commentator once he's done it for a while and is more eloquent while speaking in English. Must be a bloody hard job to do, jumping into a Comm box and talking about cricket in a language that isn't your natural one. Not that I think he has bad English or anything, I just think he'll get better as he gets better articulating his thoughts.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I think his insight is pretty good actually - it is just the fact he isn't really blessed with the most exciting voice.

 

[Bouncer]

It always takes time for non English Speaking Ex cricketer to get used to mike. I remember Sunil Gavaskar used to be pretty crappy in sharjah in start of career as an expert during couple of tournaments in 1989-1991.

So give sanath time, he will come out good

 

[SJS]

It always takes time for non English Speaking Ex cricketer to get used to mike. I remember Sunil Gavaskar used to be pretty crappy in sharjah in start of career as an expert during couple of tournaments in 1989-1991.

So give sanath time, he will come out good

Gavaskar is still a 'crappy' commentator

 

[SJS]

I think his insight is pretty good actually - it is just the fact he isn't really blessed with the most exciting voice.

Thats possible. We have seen the same with Kapil who is very sharp and insightful but his English still jars. I am willing to live with it though if his comments are incisive.

 

[archie mac]

Think he'll be a decent commentator once he's done it for a while and is more eloquent while speaking in English. Must be a bloody hard job to do, jumping into a Comm box and talking about cricket in a language that isn't your natural one. Not that I think he has bad English or anything, I just think he'll get better as he gets better articulating his thoughts.

Awta (hope I got that right?)

I thought him very nervous, but he improved as the match went on

 

[FRAZ]

He'll learn !!!
Give him a break !

 

[Lostman]

hope jayasuriay does good, broadcasters can then finally dump ranjit Fernando.

 

[brockley]

Jayasyria may have scored the warwickshire job,they want him for the 20/20's.

 

[simmy]

In his defense, its good to hear from a commentator who literally retired the game before.

He is also getting better, marginally...

 

[bond21]

Yea, Healy must be too exciting for you, i guess youd rather listen to david lloyd with his ridiculously thick english accent.

 

[Richard]

No such thing as an "English accent".

 

[simmy]

Yea, Healy must be too exciting for you, i guess youd rather listen to david lloyd with his ridiculously thick english accent.

Hahaha. I think you underestimate my hate for Northern accents haha...

Lloyd is funny.