"Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. Born at the Old Rectory, Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the youngest of four children (elder siblings were Anne, Michael and Christopher). His paternal grandfather, Reginald Eden Johnston, had been Governor of the Bank of England between 1909 and 1911. The World War II airborne division commander Frederick 'Boy' Browning was his first cousin. On 27 August 1922,"
"was in January 1996 - at the end of his involvement with the channel he was only used as a betting and results reader. However, he continued as a racecourse commentator (also heard on SIS and The Racing Channel) though he was due to soon retire at the time of his death. A week before he was found dead in his flat in London, he had missed a commentating assignment (at Wolverhampton on the 21st February) for the first time in his career. Raleigh Gilbert Walter Raleigh Willock Gilbert, known as Raleigh Gilbert (28 February 1936 – c. February 1998)"
"of play summaries. Talyarkhan continued writing his daily columns till his death on 13 July 1990. A. F. S. Talyarkhan Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji ""Bobby"" Talyarkhan (1897–13 July 1990) was an Indian cricket commentator. Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket commentators in India. His radio commentaries played an important role in spreading of the game and making the name of the players throughout the country. Bombay Pentangular owed some of its popularity to his voice. Talyarkhan had ""a fine command of English, a polished public speaking style and an ability to create dramatic interest in the game"" . He disliked"
"also played golf. Ralph was diagnosed with prostate cancer in mid July 2017. He died of sepsis in the early hours of 1 September 2017, just 10 days after his first course of chemotherapy and at the age of 69. Ralph Dellor Ralph Dellor (1948 – 1 September 2017) was an English sports writer, journalist and TV and radio commentator, primarily on cricket. He was also a cricket coach. He began his career in 1970 with BBC local radio, and went on to work for ""Grandstand"" and ""Match of the Day"" on BBC television, as well as for ""Test Match"
"Henry Blofeld Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is a retired English sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for ""Test Match Special"" on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is quintessentially Old Etonian both in style and substance. He also writes on cricket and has authored eight books to date. Blofeld's family were landowners at Hoveton in Norfolk and he was the youngest of three siblings. His elder"
"Sunday League games until 1999, and had a full role at the BBC's coverage of the 1999 Cricket World Cup. In later life, he provided commentary on and summaries of England international cricket matches on talkSPORT. During the 1995 South Africa vs England test match series in South Africa, he promised he would eat a newspaper if South Africa won. He eventually did, when South Africa won. For many years he wrote the highly regarded cricket column in the Birmingham Post Jack Bannister John David ""Jack"" Bannister (23 August 1930 – 23 January 2016) was an English cricket commentator and"
"refused to use its products. He was a well-known and popular figure around English cricket grounds, always dapper and seldom seen without a red carnation in his buttonhole. He died at Lord's after watching a day's cricket. Gordon Ross (writer) Gordon John Ross (1917 – 27 April 1985) was a sports journalist and author, and a vice-president of Lancashire CCC. He was closely associated with numerous cricket publications. He succeeded Peter West as editor of the ""Playfair Cricket Annual"" in 1954, remaining in this role until his death. He edited the ""Cricketer Quarterly Facts and Figures"" and also the ""Playfair"
"Clive Everton Clive Harold Everton (born 7 September 1937) is a Welsh veteran commentator for ITV and Sky and former BBC snooker commentator, journalist, author and former professional snooker and billiards player. He is generally regarded as the authoritative voice for snooker, on account of his knowledge of the game for over forty years. He began his BBC career on the radio, and later worked on television, commentating on the World Snooker Championship from 1978 until 2010. He continues to commentate for other broadcasters, including ITV4 for the Champion of Champions and World Grand Prix tournaments, Sky Sports, at the"
"Christopher Martin-Jenkins Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, MBE (20 January 1945 – 1 January 2013), also known as CMJ, was a British cricket journalist and a President of the MCC. He was also the longest serving commentator for ""Test Match Special"" (TMS) on BBC Radio, from 1973 until diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2012. Christopher Martin-Jenkins was born at his grandmother's house in Peterborough, the second of three boys. His father, a Lieutenant Colonel in the army at the time, relocated the family to Glasgow where he was stationed. After demobilisation he returned to his job at the shipping firm"
"""Got him, yes he's gone!"" whenever a wicket fell, ""It's all happening!"" in reference to a see-sawing or chaotic passage of play, and ""bang"" (when a batsman attempts a long hit) and for his love of racing pigeons. Lawry's long-running, argumentative but humorous commentary partnership with the South African-born former English captain Tony Greig was a mainstay of the Nine Network's commentary offering for 33 years, ending with Greig's death in December 2012. During the 1983–84 summer Lawry criticised a player for ""fielding like a girl"". During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lawry was the cricket manager of the"
"to England in 1974 and New Zealand in 1978–79. Omar Kureishi Omar Kureishi (1928 – 14 March 2005) was a distinguished Pakistani writer. He had also worked in the advertising, aviation and journalism industry, writing for many newspapers, including ""Dawn"", ""The Pakistan Times"", ""Morning News"" and ""The Guardian"", London. He is best known for his cricket writings and commentary but he was also a keen observer of political and social developments and wrote about them, in his own words, not with fury, but certainly with ""exasperation and anger"". He died on Monday, 14 March 2005, at the age of 77,"
"Scottish rugby commentators and journalists The most famous of TV commentators until recently was Bill McLaren, a Scotsman from Hawick and one of world rugby's best-loved personalities. He retired in 2002 and died in 2010. Ian Robertson is also a Scottish TV commentator and former Cambridge Blue, with eight Scottish caps to his name. He is famous for commentating in the Rugby Union World Cup Final between England and Australia at Sydney in 2003. David Sole also does TV commentary. Andrew Cotter is also another well known commentator. In January 2018, Derek Rae who had recently returned to the USA"
"John Arlott Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's ""Test Match Special"". He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his ""wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments"" by the BBC. John Arlott was born in 1914 at Cemetery Lodge, Chapel Hill, Basingstoke in Hampshire, the son of cemetery registrar William John Arlott and Nellie (née Jenvey-Clarke). He attended Fairfields Primary School in Basingstoke before winning a scholarship to Queen Mary's Grammar School. Once"
"A. F. S. Talyarkhan Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji ""Bobby"" Talyarkhan (1897–13 July 1990) was an Indian cricket commentator. Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket commentators in India. His radio commentaries played an important role in spreading of the game and making the name of the players throughout the country. Bombay Pentangular owed some of its popularity to his voice. Talyarkhan had ""a fine command of English, a polished public speaking style and an ability to create dramatic interest in the game"" . He disliked sharing the microphone and did the commentaries all alone throughout the day. Guha writes that he"
"2016 after a short illness, aged 75. Fellow cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said: ""Tony was the master of going between TV and radio ball-by-ball commentary. He was the master of both"". The West Indies Cricket Board said: ""He represented West Indies wherever he went. He educated people around the world about our cricket, our people, our culture and who we are. His voice was strong and echoed around the cricket world."" He was survived by his wife of more than fifty years, Jillian, and their son and daughter. Tony Cozier Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier (10 July 1940 – 11 May"
"in 1999 and made his World Cup debut in the 2003 tournament. He performed well in an unsuccessful campaign for England and faced the first delivery in cricket officially to break the 100 mph barrier, bowled by Shoaib Akhtar. He ""pushed it nonchalantly to square leg."" Following his retirement from cricket, Knight became a commentator and pundit on Sky Sports. Nick Knight (cricketer) Nicholas Verity Knight (born 28 November 1969) is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer. Knight was given his middle name in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World"
"magnificent Independence parade, nail-biting motor sports event, beauty pageant or black tie dinner-dance. I think I can safely say, the likes of him has never been matched.' Harvie lived in Sri Lanka until his death on 7 July 2010. Bob Harvie Bob Harvie was a popular announcer of Radio Ceylon. Harvie's voice was inextricably linked to cricket commentaries from the island of Ceylon. He has led the English cricket commentary team from Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Harvie has been a significant figure where cricket commentaries from Sri Lanka are concerned and he has been on"
"Blind. In 1992 Green compered and narrated a TV spectacular ""Forty Glorious Years"" to mark the 40th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession. Green died on Boxing Day 2004 aged 80. Garard Green Garard Green (31 July 1924 – 26 December 2004) was a British actor and commentator. Green was born in Madras, India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to the United Kingdom and Green finished his education at Watford Grammar School. He developed an interest in acting at Watford but when he left the"
"died, aged 83, in Bath, Somerset. Peter West Peter Anthony West (12 August 1920 – 2 September 2003) was a BBC presenter and sports commentator best known for his work on the corporation's cricket, tennis and rugby coverage as well as occasionally commentating on hockey. Throughout his television career he remained freelance. West was born in Cranbrook, Kent, an only child. His father, the son of a tobacconist, had made some money in the City after the First World War, and in 1924 set himself up as a poultry farmer in Cranbrook. He was educated at Cranbrook School as were"
"E. W. Swanton Ernest William Swanton (11 February 1907 – 22 January 2000) was an English journalist and author, chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton. He worked as a sports journalist for ""The Daily Telegraph"" and as a broadcaster for BBC Radio for 30 years. He was a regular commentator on ""Test Match Special"", easily recognised by his distinctive ""fruity"" voice. After ""retiring"" in the 1970s, he continued to write occasional articles and columns, virtually until his death. Swanton was born in Forest Hill in south London, the eldest child of"
"Neville Cardus Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE (3 April 188828 February 1975) was an English writer and critic. From an impoverished home background, and mainly self-educated, he became ""The Manchester Guardian""s cricket correspondent in 1919 and its chief music critic in 1927, holding the two posts simultaneously until 1940. His contributions to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his generation. Cardus's approach to cricket writing was innovative, turning what had previously been largely a factual form into vivid description and criticism; he is"
"had a fan following of his own and served the game with distinction."" The interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi, said that ""he was an informed, easygoing and affable personality; his death will be widely mourned by the journalist and broadcast community as well as the cricketing fraternity across the country"". Munir Hussain (commentator) Munir Hussain (29 November 1929 – 29 July 2013) was a cricket commentator, administrator, and journalist from Pakistan who also played a first-class cricket match for Kalat in the 1969–70 season. He was the first to introduce Urdu commentary to cricket, and was"
"and his four children. His funeral was held at St Michael and All Angels Church in Urchfont, Wiltshire on 13 February 2009. Bill Frindall William Howard ""Bill"" Frindall, (3 March 1939 – 29 January 2009) was an English cricket scorer and statistician. He was familiar to cricket followers as a member of the Test Match Special commentary team on BBC radio. Nicknamed the Bearded Wonder (shortened to Bearders) by Brian Johnston for his ability to research the most obscure cricketing facts in moments, while continuing to keep perfect scorecards and because he had a beard. Angus Fraser described Frindall as"
"that led to Roebuck's death, Itai Gondo, provided testimony. The book, ""Chasing Shadows – The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck"", was released in the UK, Australia and New Zealand in late 2015. Peter Roebuck Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 195612 November 2011) was an English cricketer who achieved later renown as an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator. A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and ""one of the better English openers of the 1980s"", Roebuck captained the English county side Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in"
"Roy Webber Roy Webber (died 14 November 1962 aged 48) was a British cricket scorer and statistician. After World War II, in which he served with the Royal Air Force, he decided to turn what had been his hobby into his profession. He had the necessary proficiency with figures, having previously been an accountant. He was the scorer for BBC Television's Test coverage for many years. He edited ""The Cricket Annual"" in 1961 and 1962. He was joint editor of the magazine ""Playfair Cricket Monthly"" and wrote a number of cricket books. He also wrote for the ""News Chronicle"" and"
"Town, London. Carpenter died in his sleep at King's College Hospital in South London in the early hours of Saturday morning, 20 March 2010, aged 84. He had been unwell since the summer of 2009 when he had a minor heart attack. Harry Carpenter Harry Leonard Carpenter, OBE (17 October 1925 – 20 March 2010) was a British BBC sports commentator broadcasting from the early 1950s until his retirement in 1994. His speciality was boxing. He was presenter of programmes such as ""Sportsnight"" (1975–1985) and ""Grandstand"" and also anchored coverage of Wimbledon and golf tournaments. Carpenter was the son of"
"Nick Knight (cricketer) Nicholas Verity Knight (born 28 November 1969) is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer. Knight was given his middle name in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation. A left-handed opening batsman and a fine fielder, Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup. Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, Knight was educated at Felsted School in Essex and Loughborough University and was an outstanding cricketer from"
"Charles Colvile (commentator) Charles Colvile (born 29 March 1955, Westfield, Woking, Surrey) is a cricket commentator, interviewer and journalist for Sky Sports, especially for UK-based domestic matches. Colvile was educated at Westminster School, an independent school in London. Colvile is a cricket commentator, interviewer and journalist for Sky Sports, primarily for English domestic matches. He has worked for Sky since 1990 and has presented some major series for them from various grounds, such as the 1990/91 Ashes series in Australia, the 1994 England tour to the West Indies and the 1995/6 England tour to South Africa. Before Mark Nicholas signed"
"Berry Sarbadhikari Bijoy Chandra ""Berry"" Sarbadhikari (died 19 December 1976 at the age of 72 in Bombay) was an Indian cricket commentator, journalist and author. Berry Sarbadhikari was an opening batsman and wicket-keeper for Calcutta University before taking up journalism. He covered 104 Test matches over about fifty years. He was a commentator in All India Radio till 1972. He got the nickname 'Berry' after, on finding a player short in a match, he entered the name ""John Berry"" (first names of Jack Hobbs) as the last man and eventually played in that place. He was the son of Sushil"
"Don Mosey Don Mosey (4 October 1924 – 11 August 1999) was a sports journalist and radio producer, best remembered for his lengthy tenure as a cricket commentator on BBC's Test Match Special (TMS), which he joined in 1974 and left in 1991. He was nicknamed 'the Alderman' by fellow commentator Brian Johnston, in recognition of his somewhat mayoral bearing in the box; Mosey entitled one autobiographical book ""The Alderman's Tale"". He was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1924, completed wartime service in the RAF and joined the ""Craven Herald"" as a journalist, going on to work for the ""Daily"
"the original edition; many of the books have been reissued, often by different publishers. Neville Cardus Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE (3 April 188828 February 1975) was an English writer and critic. From an impoverished home background, and mainly self-educated, he became ""The Manchester Guardian""s cricket correspondent in 1919 and its chief music critic in 1927, holding the two posts simultaneously until 1940. His contributions to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his generation. Cardus's approach to cricket writing was innovative, turning what"
"Bill McLaren William Pollock McLaren (16 October 1923 – 19 January 2010) was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Known as 'the voice of rugby', he retired from commentating in 2002. Renowned throughout the sport, his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many. McLaren was born in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, in 1923 to a knitwear salesman from Loch Lomond-side who had moved down to the area. As a young boy, he was steeped in local rugby stories: In his teenage years, McLaren grew up to be a useful flank"
"was secretary of the South African Cricket Association (later the South African Cricket Union) for 12 years in the 1970s and 1980s. The Charles Fortune Media Centre at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg is named in his honour. Apart from cricket he also broadcast rugby union, tennis and soccer. Some of his radio commentary of matches ""played in Rugby's early years"" can be heard at the South African Rugby Museum in Cape Town. Charles Fortune Charles Arthur Frederick Fortune (1906 – 22 November 1994) was a South African sport broadcaster and writer, especially noted for his cricket commentaries on radio."