What is the Criteria for being a Commentator on Cricinfo's match commentary?

[SillyCowCorner1]

What's the selection process like?

Same with scorers. Why are there mostly Indians in a company that is based in Connecticut?

All answers are welcomed

 

[vcs]

They'll soon be able to train a neural net to do a pretty good job of it, I think.

 

[Firebreaker]

I think it has moved its headquarters to India now. I feel bad for Eisha Acton, rather than having her cover first Test match of her country, they have her in OTT coverage of IPL lol

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I think it has moved its headquarters to India now. I feel bad for Eisha Acton, rather than having her cover first Test match of her country, they have her in OTT coverage of IPL lol

Nah, Bristol, Connecticut is where their HQ is.

 

[Kirkut]

Most Indians in US have a relaitively strong math background, so you expect them to be stats junkie!

 

[Gnske]

Apparently having the sense of flair and humour of a Mormon dad is Criteria A

 

[Athlai]

Probably mild knowledge of cricket and 80wpm typing.

 

[Burgey]

Must be an Indiaphile

 

[Mr Miyagi]

The HQ for cricinfo may be ESPN's HQ in Connecticut, but I highly doubt they're basing their cricket operations from there.

 

[cnerd123]

I believe when they live score games they allow a local scorer at the venue to use their system to score the game


Not sure about when ball by ball commentary is involved. For sure they watch the games on TV for some of the matches, they often end up making references to what the commentators are staying.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I believe when they live score games they allow a local scorer at the venue to use their system to score the game


Not sure about when ball by ball commentary is involved. For sure they watch the games on TV for some of the matches, they often end up making references to what the commentators are staying.

This could have been an interesting topic to discuss on Cricket Web Podcast. Am I right?

 

[Borges]

What's the selection process like?

Ask them. Career contact details: Contact details | Careers | ESPNcricinfo

As far as I can figure out, the the more garrulous posters on this site should fit the bill quite nicely.

Why are there mostly Indians in a company that is based in Connecticut?

AFAIK, most of their commentary is done by sitting in front of a TV in their office in Bangalore.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Ask them. Career contact details: Contact details | Careers | ESPNcricinfo

As far as I can figure out, the the more garrulous posters on this site should fit the bill quite nicely.




AFAIK, most of their commentary is done by sitting in front of a TV in their office in Bangalore.

garrulous: what a word!

 

[Starfighter]

As far as I can figure out, the more garrulous posters on this site should fit the bill quite nicely.

Putting your hand up aren't you? C'mon, give it a go, the worst that can happen they say 'no'.

 

[Daemon]

AFAIK, most of their commentary is done by sitting in front of a TV in their office in Bangalore.

Yeah I'm guessing this is it. Would save so much money plus they can forward/rewind if they miss anything. They probably travel for the games that aren't televised (WCL, domestic games, etc).

For certain games they may even be relying on APIs to access ICC's own live scoring.

Vishal Misra: The birth of proper ball-by-ball commentary on Cricinfo | Cricket News | Cricinfo at 20 years | ESPNcricinfo - Interesting read, even if I didn't understand any of the technical stuff.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Yeah I'm guessing this is it. Would save so much money plus they can forward/rewind if they miss anything. They probably travel for the games that aren't televised (WCL, domestic games, etc).

For certain games they may even be relying on APIs to access ICC's own live scoring.

Vishal Misra: The birth of proper ball-by-ball commentary on Cricinfo | Cricket News | Cricinfo at 20 years | ESPNcricinfo - Interesting read, even if I didn't understand any of the technical stuff.

Where Daemon says that article is interesting, this is one of those times not to trust everything he says

 

[vcs]

Yeah I'm guessing this is it. Would save so much money plus they can forward/rewind if they miss anything. They probably travel for the games that aren't televised (WCL, domestic games, etc).

For certain games they may even be relying on APIs to access ICC's own live scoring.

Vishal Misra: The birth of proper ball-by-ball commentary on Cricinfo | Cricket News | Cricinfo at 20 years | ESPNcricinfo - Interesting read, even if I didn't understand any of the technical stuff.

That's a great article, thanks.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Getting the on-strike batsmen completely muddled and then spending five minutes fixing it up when a wicket falls is considered an advantage.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The comments are the best thng in match commentary.