honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
For Ian Chappell.
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The Battle of the Commentators
- Thread starter HeathDavisSpeed
- Start date
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Chappell 7 votes
CMJ 4 votes
Crowe -1 votes
Oh dear, oh dear Martin Crowe...
CMJ 4 votes
Crowe -1 votes
Oh dear, oh dear Martin Crowe...
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Payback for McGilvray...
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
And so we move onto RoUnD TwO
Battle One
Kerry O'Keeffe vs Jonathan Agnew
The Form Guide: O'Keeffe had a tough first round draw against the in depth skills of Simon Hughes, the Analyst. In contrast, Agnew had an easy battle against Mark 'Tubbs' Taylor whose voice appeared to 'grate' too many voters. So, with a tough first round behind him, will those skills picked up in the tough matches give O'Keeffe the edge here?
And to the competitors:
Kerry O'Keeffe
Playing Career: 24 tests and 2 ODIs for Australia; taking a total of 55 wickets and scoring 660 runs
Commentating Pedigree: Has commentated on the ABC radio network for years, and occassionally makes an appearance on the Nine Network. He has had CDs of his commentary released.
Other: *Regular guest and commentator in the media, such as on the sports panel show “The Fat”
* Chief writer “Inside Edge” cricket magazine
* Level III cricket coach
* Elite coach for NSW Emerging Blues Squad
* Specialist spin bowling coach for AIS Cricket Academy in Adelaide
Jonathan Agnew
Playing Career: Most notably successful as a first class cricketer for Leicestershire. An out and out bowler, he played in 3 unsuccessful test matches taking 4 wickets at 93.25
Commentating Pedigree: Started commentating for BBC Leicester in the off-season whilst still playing back in 1990; he was appointed the BBC's Cricket Correspondent in 1991 and has continued to commentate for the BBC, and in particular the Test Match Special programme
Other: * Has provided commentary for cricket computer games; including International Cricket Captain and Brian Lara Crickeet
* His line "He couldn't quite get his leg over" on Ian Botham's hit wicket dismissal in an England vs West Indies test match in 1991 was voted "Best Piece of Sports Commentary of All Time" by BBC Radio 5 Live
Battle One
Kerry O'Keeffe vs Jonathan Agnew
The Form Guide: O'Keeffe had a tough first round draw against the in depth skills of Simon Hughes, the Analyst. In contrast, Agnew had an easy battle against Mark 'Tubbs' Taylor whose voice appeared to 'grate' too many voters. So, with a tough first round behind him, will those skills picked up in the tough matches give O'Keeffe the edge here?
And to the competitors:
Kerry O'Keeffe
Playing Career: 24 tests and 2 ODIs for Australia; taking a total of 55 wickets and scoring 660 runs
Commentating Pedigree: Has commentated on the ABC radio network for years, and occassionally makes an appearance on the Nine Network. He has had CDs of his commentary released.
Other: *Regular guest and commentator in the media, such as on the sports panel show “The Fat”
* Chief writer “Inside Edge” cricket magazine
* Level III cricket coach
* Elite coach for NSW Emerging Blues Squad
* Specialist spin bowling coach for AIS Cricket Academy in Adelaide
Jonathan Agnew
Playing Career: Most notably successful as a first class cricketer for Leicestershire. An out and out bowler, he played in 3 unsuccessful test matches taking 4 wickets at 93.25
Commentating Pedigree: Started commentating for BBC Leicester in the off-season whilst still playing back in 1990; he was appointed the BBC's Cricket Correspondent in 1991 and has continued to commentate for the BBC, and in particular the Test Match Special programme
Other: * Has provided commentary for cricket computer games; including International Cricket Captain and Brian Lara Crickeet
* His line "He couldn't quite get his leg over" on Ian Botham's hit wicket dismissal in an England vs West Indies test match in 1991 was voted "Best Piece of Sports Commentary of All Time" by BBC Radio 5 Live
archie mac
International Coach
Good battle, I will go for Skull, but only just
bond21
Banned
Anyway, just give me someone who speaks good english, i dont care if theyre Australian, NZer or English, as long as they can speak in proper sentences.
I simply cannot stand all the indian/pakistani commentators who you cant understand a word of.
Michael Holding just barely passes the comprehendable test.
Mark Taylor is very insightful, he is probably the best captain in history, as is chappelli.
bill lawry is great to listen to, tony greig is ehhh. Healy, Taylor and Slater are all really good.
I simply cannot stand all the indian/pakistani commentators who you cant understand a word of.
Michael Holding just barely passes the comprehendable test.
Mark Taylor is very insightful, he is probably the best captain in history, as is chappelli.
bill lawry is great to listen to, tony greig is ehhh. Healy, Taylor and Slater are all really good.
The_Bunny
State Regular
I'll agree that a few commentators are a little hard to understand, but most are pretty good.
As for the rest.....
Anyways, for Kerry O'Keefe
The_Bunny
State Regular
Tough on Atherton to miss out I thought, But pretty decent list all the same.
