Who's the worst commentator in the world??
ding0...@gmail.com
2. Ranjit Fernando (Idiot)
3. Mike Haysman (biased)
4. Geoff Boycott (Cricket back in 70s> Cricket now)
Dave -Turner
smiling and with a positive edge to his commentary
Unknown
wrote:
>lol, how is Healy "pure evil"!?!? he's one of the nicer blokes, always
>smiling and with a positive edge to his commentary
>
>
He's the worst one from the list anyways.
Jellore
He has no idea of what happens in cricket outside of Australia.
R. Spanditt
How can Dean Jones not be on there..
Dave -Turner
he's toured and played outside of Australia for years, over a decade. I'd
say he has a better idea than your good self
Andrew Dunford
"Dave -Turner" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:rcmdnRNJcbn0cuXU...@westnet.com.au...
> lol, how is Healy "pure evil"!?!? he's one of the nicer blokes, always
> smiling and with a positive edge to his commentary
The OP was spot on. I'd have trouble ranking most of the cretins, but Healy
stands out like a beacon at the top of the list with Matt Daylight second.
Andrew
jzfredricks
Essentially I agree on this one. I don't mind SOME home-team bias,
it's to be expected (especially from an ex-player). But Healy takes it
way too far. Nothing makes me reach for the radio or mute quicker than
Healy.
However...
The guy I hate the most is Iam Crapple. He just makes shit up as he
goes, and most of it is absurd.
jzfredricks
Ok, so we can rule out THAT excuse. How would you, then, explain his
crappiness?
ding0...@gmail.com
> smiling and with a positive edge to his commentary
Healy is the worst commentator in the world IMO. You almost know when
he is giving praise to an opposition player it is not because he truly
means it. At least, with other openly biased commentators like Botham
and Gavaskar, you sense that they do genuinely respect opposition
players. And his fake chirpiness irritates me no end.
R. Spanditt
the fakeness you're talking about, i find more pronounced in michael
slater.
everyone knows he's a complete tool, but he looks good enough to
present so obviously we haven't had too many good looking stars in
recent years. healy does have a pretty decent sense of humour and can
crack a joke.
Dave -Turner
Dave -Turner
> goes, and most of it is absurd.
I agree. The thing I dislike most about Chapelli is that he always seems so
serious and negative ... he's very much a glass is half empty kinda guy.
Crapats (TM)
Fuck off. He's a good commentator. He tells it how he sees it.
R. Spanditt
Is that another way of saying that he doesn't waste his time puffing
anything up and tells it as it is?
Crapats (TM)
> the fakeness you're talking about, i find more pronounced in michael
> slater.
> everyone knows he's a complete tool, but he looks good enough to
> present so obviously we haven't had too many good looking stars in
> recent years. healy does have a pretty decent sense of humour and can
> crack a joke.
Nonsense. Slater is a fair commentator and I've liked him for a while.
CDK
CDK
R. Spanditt
Yep, that's because you're a tosser.
He's a complete knob. Always has been.
Amit
Guys Have you seen rameez raja in his initial days of commentary.? He
had all the superlatives reserved only for pakistani players. But he
has improved a lot.
Amit.
R. Spanditt
He might see Murali 'bowling' (how, who knows). Don't assume blanket
ignorance, if your country had a chucker who had been cleared to play,
he'd more than likely play.
Dave -Turner
good qualities that he brings to the table as a commentator, but at the end
of the day he's still so negative ... I just wish he'd lighten up a little
bit more that's all!
CDK
Lee was.
Murali was found to be a chucker though.
CDK
Fish Womper
1. Kerry O'Keeffe
Daylight
2. Healy
3. Slater
CDK
> Worst Aussie comms:
>
>
> 1. Kerry O'Keeffe
Skull is great, one of the best reasons to listen to ABC radio.
CDK
R. Spanditt
> >>> Fuck off. He's a good commentator. He tells it how he sees it.
> >> does he think Murali chucks?
>
> > He might see Murali 'bowling' (how, who knows). Don't assume blanket
> > ignorance, if your country had a chucker who had been cleared to play,
> > he'd more than likely play.
>
> Lee was.
I agree, but his chucking is unofficial (and occasional - not almost
every ball). Last one to get called might have been McKenzie, who
never played again i think.
> Murali was found to be a chucker though.
By whom? Certainly not too many Sri Lankans.
R. Spanditt
Agreed. Anyone with an interest in having a laugh or watching films
would enjoy his insights.
ben.g...@hotmail.com
Ditto, definitely my favourite commentator. ABC radio is infinitely
better than C9.
I was never a big fan of Slater as a player but I happen to think he
is one the best Australian commentators. Also, Brendan Julian is a
much better presenter than Mark Nicholas.
Regards,
Ben G.
vigne...@hotmail.com
he doesn't say it - obviously he doesn't see it
CDK
Uni of WA
His most recent test there showed his straightening to be in excess of
the ICC limits at the time. This was prior to the most recent Murali
amendment.
CDK
CDK
None so blind.
CDK
CDK
Or his cricket insights which leave the drivel on Nein for dead (Benaud
excepted)
CDK
R. Spanditt
> I was never a big fan of Slater as a player but I happen to think he
> is one the best Australian commentators. Also, Brendan Julian is a
> much better presenter than Mark Nicholas.
Loved Slats as a player, can't stand him as soon as he's off the
field.
BJ's a pretty good bloke and can play the game. Mark Nicholas is the
exact opposite.
david.b...@gmail.com
> 4. Geoff Boycott (Cricket back in 70s> Cricket now)
Agree about the list generally.
Ian Chappell can be bad at times.
According to Tony Greig (who I listened to at a talk once), Ian
Chappell has seemed to develop an almost personal dislike for SA.
TG jokingly assumes that it is because Chappell had two poor tours to
SA both of which they lost. I am not sure whether he believes that or
not or whether the comment was tongue in cheek.
I do find Chappell's comments about SA overly negative (I am talking
over the last about 14 years but in fairness that could because I am
South African.
I am surprised that no Aussie has mentioned Tony Greig yet. Since he
is an Aus resident many assume he should pull for them. I don't really
understand that view but there you go.
I actually quite enjoy him. The verbal duel he has with Lawry,
Chappell etc. is, I am sure, a deliberate part of Packer's vision.
During the recent test series our satellite provider carried both SA
(Jackman, Wessels, Proctor (not Mike)) and Aus commentary. Tony Greig
clearly signed a guest commentator slot because he was forever popping
up on the SA commentary. Bugger works quite hard I think.
Anyway his commentary appeared to be the same on both sides which
means he didn't try and suck up to anyone.
Larry De Silva
I think this topic depends on WHO you barrack for and which nationality
the commentators belong to. I think RF is light years ahead of the
Channel Nine Wankers inc. I mean when you have Bill Lawry pushing a Vic
up even when the mighty Aussies are playing sucks bad. At least RF
doesnt have a bias towards a Colombo player ahead of a Kandy player when
SL play. Taylor is slow and the others are boring as hell. And when is
that old dinasaur cockhead Benaud ever going to retire? 2021?
And of course on this old chestnut about Murali chucking, its so sad to
see that the old Murali bashing/hating mob have STILL not moved on even
after all these many years!! Poor old sad sacks still stuck in the mud
like demented frogs in a bloody well!! GET OVER IT dudes!!
Laz
ding0...@gmail.com
wrote:
Gee Thanks CDK,Craprats. That's another thread dragged down with the
'Murali chucks/doesn;t chuck' debate.
Keep your stupid opinions about Murali to yourself.
Larry De Silva
CDK just cant help himself dude! He has been talking crap even in his
sleep about Murali for years now!!
Senility and delusions do that to you.....:-)
Laz
Bobs
> 4. Geoff Boycott (Cricket back in 70s> Cricket now)
Martin Crowe for sure. Rude, arrogant, and fake.
I used to dislike Healy for his extreme bias, but he's mellowed and hes
ok now.
Mark Nicholas I dislike. He's just an Aussie cheerleader. Very biased
for some reason.
--
What do Michael Jackson and Santa Claus have in common?
They both leave little boys' rooms with an empty sack
Jellore
> > He has no idea of what happens in cricket outside of Australia.
>
> he's toured and played outside of Australia for years, over a decade. I'd
> say he has a better idea than your good self
And has sat on the Gold Coast since his "enforced" retirement. The guy
would not know who was playing when or where.
CDK
Yet Murali was proved to chuck.
His action was found to be illegal.
They changed the rules shortly after he was found to be illegal.
CDK
sub...@hotmail.com
> They changed the rules shortly after he was found to be illegal.
"they" = 'the darker nations'? wow, didn't know they ran world
cricket.
Satya Nitta
> 4. Geoff Boycott (Cricket back in 70s> Cricket now)
Surely, it's Aamer Sohail right at the top followed by the rest of the
worthies several places behind.
Sohail is a dolt
Just like Usain Bolt
He's so far ahead
He leaves the rest for dead.
Cheers,
Satya
spadma...@blgcanada.com
> On Jan 23, 10:13 am, "Dave -Turner" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
> > > He has no idea of what happens in cricket outside of Australia.
>
> > he's toured and played outside of Australia for years, over a decade. I'd
> > say he has a better idea than your good self
>
> crappiness?
Healy can be funny and entertaining at times. Slater is the biggest
homer on Channel nine. Warne shows a lot of promise.
Those 2 Sri Lankan dudes - Fernando and Abanayake or whatever - are
hopeless bores.
Ameer Sohail and Waqar are horrible. Rameez is pretty good.
On the Indian front, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan is the master of the
obvious. He invariably falls flat on his face if he tries to say
something funny. He is also a broken record. You will hear these
words (the exact same words except for the batsman's name and with
the same voice inflection every time he is on the air):
"Dravid using the depth of the crease well..."
"Tendulkar has to stay to the end...."
"Sehwag has got a good start but he has to go on and play a big
one....."
"Zaheer has got to get his length right...."
I liked Sanjay Manjrekar but haven't heard him in quite a while now.
Gavaskar, Shastri and Bhogle are not bad. Arun Lal can be repetitive
but I find him to be okay.
As a unit, the English comms - Hussain, Bumble, Holding, Gower etc. -
are the best. Insightful and witty.
I don't think I have ever heard the NZ comms and very little of the
RSA comms.
manish...@gmail.com
Guys, have you forgotten Sidhu ??
johnwesley...@gmail.com
> obvious. He invariably falls flat on his face if he tries to say
> something funny. He is also a broken record. You will hear these
> words (the exact same words except for the batsman's name and with
> the same voice inflection every time he is on the air):
>
> "Dravid using the depth of the crease well..."
> "Tendulkar has to stay to the end...."
> "Sehwag has got a good start but he has to go on and play a big
> one....."
> "Zaheer has got to get his length right...."
There ought to be some sort of medal of endurance for anyone who has
listened to the above mentioned clown to know all of his
characteristics. Take a bow.
Me, for the handful of times I watch (or am able to tolerate) cricket,
I almost never have the voice turned on - except maybe when there is
Benaud or Ian Chappell on the microphone. The former is past his best
though of course.
spadma...@blgcanada.com
> On Jan 23, 12:16 pm, spadmanab...@blgcanada.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On the Indian front, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan is the master of the
> > obvious. He invariably falls flat on his face if he tries to say
> > something funny. He is also a broken record. You will hear these
> > words (the exact same words except for the batsman's name and with
> > the same voice inflection every time he is on the air):
>
> > "Dravid using the depth of the crease well..."
> > "Tendulkar has to stay to the end...."
> > "Sehwag has got a good start but he has to go on and play a big
> > one....."
> > "Zaheer has got to get his length right...."
>
> There ought to be some sort of medal of endurance for anyone who has
> listened to the above mentioned clown to know all of his
> characteristics. Take a bow.
LOL
>
> Me, for the handful of times I watch (or am able to tolerate) cricket,
> I almost never have the voice turned on - except maybe when there is
> Benaud or Ian Chappell on the microphone. The former is past his best
> though of course.
Chappell sounds like he has never got out on the *right* side of the
bed. Man, that dude must have been one ogre of a captain in his
playing days.
Larry De Silva
Conspiracy theories abound among the Murali haters dude!!
They are poor souls totally brainwashed into ONLY commenting on Murali's
action, happily ignoring Tait, Lee, Botha, Kirtley, Mills, Flintoff and
a veritable host of others who apparently have actions as clean as the
white sheets worn by the KKK............
It's just a very silly game trying to take credit AWAY from Murali for
silly reasons...................
BTW, let them suck on this and get their souls tormented
more...........!!! LOL!!! :-)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKTRE50M4KP20090123?rpc=401&
Excerpt:.......
> Murali eyes another world record
KARACHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will be
within striking distance of another world record in the third and final
one-day international against Pakistan Saturday.
>
> Muralitharan needs five more victims to become the highest wicket taker in one-dayers. He is already the highest wicket-taker in tests with 769 victims in 125 matches.
>
> The off-spinner, chasing Pakistani Wasim Akram's one-day record of 502 wickets, struck three times in Sri Lanka's series-levelling win in Karachi Wednesday.
>
> "It would be great to see Murali achieve this record but I think we are more focused on winning the match and the series," Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters.
>
> "It would be a great milestone, it would be great if he gets another fiver tomorrow but I don't think there's any hurry for Murli and he has played enough cricket to realise what is more important."
>
e and was more focused on the match at hand.
MURALI IS A LEGEND!!!
Laz
jzfredricks
wrote:
> They are poor souls totally brainwashed into ONLY commenting on Murali's
> action, happily ignoring Tait, Lee, Botha, Kirtley, Mills, Flintoff and
> a veritable host of others who apparently have actions as clean as the
> white sheets worn by the KKK............
This I agree with. There is a double standard from many posters.
On the flip side... do you agree that Murali's name should be added to
your above list of suspect bowlers?
> It's just a very silly game trying to take credit AWAY from Murali for
> silly reasons...................
This I disagree with.
It's not a silly reason. According to the *previous* law Murali DID
(or is that 'does'?) chuck.
There are deniers on both sides. I personally think his action is a
bit dodgy on a small % of deliveries, but no less or more than many
others, and I think his records should stand unchallenged.
CDK
> sub...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On Jan 23, 12:10 pm, CDK <bat...@gothamcity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> They changed the rules shortly after he was found to be illegal.
>>
>> "they" = 'the darker nations'? wow, didn't know they ran world
>> cricket.
>
>
> Conspiracy theories abound among the Murali haters dude!!
>
> They are poor souls totally brainwashed into ONLY commenting on Murali's
> action, happily ignoring Tait, Lee, Botha, Kirtley, Mills, Flintoff and
> a veritable host of others who apparently have actions as clean as the
> white sheets worn by the KKK............
How can you accuse Lee, he can't straighten his arm Larry.
Murali was the start of the cancer, and the changes made for him have
ensured that the blight of chuckers will be with us for ever.
BTW Murali's action has been proved to be illegal.
> It's just a very silly game trying to take credit AWAY from Murali for
> silly reasons...................
So you condone blatant chucking larry?
> BTW, let them suck on this and get their souls tormented
> more...........!!! LOL!!! :-)
>
>
> http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKTRE50M4KP20090123?rpc=401&
>
> Excerpt:.......
>
>> Murali eyes another world record
>
> KARACHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will be
> within striking distance of another world record in the third and final
> one-day international against Pakistan Saturday.
>>
>> Muralitharan needs five more victims to become the highest wicket
>> taker in one-dayers. He is already the highest wicket-taker in tests
>> with 769 victims in 125 matches.
>>
>> The off-spinner, chasing Pakistani Wasim Akram's one-day record of 502
>> wickets, struck three times in Sri Lanka's series-levelling win in
>> Karachi Wednesday.
>>
>> "It would be great to see Murali achieve this record but I think we
>> are more focused on winning the match and the series," Sri Lankan
>> captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters.
>>
>> "It would be a great milestone, it would be great if he gets another
>> fiver tomorrow but I don't think there's any hurry for Murli and he
>> has played enough cricket to realise what is more important."
>>
> e and was more focused on the match at hand.
>
>
> MURALI IS A LEGEND!!!
Murali*
CDK
Mike Gooding
> ding007d...@gmail.com wrote:
> > 1. Healy (Pure Evil)
> > 2. Ranjit Fernando (Idiot)
> > 3. Mike Haysman (biased)
> > 4. Geoff Boycott (Cricket back in 70s> Cricket now)
>
>
> for some reason.
>
I watched the second 20/20 a few weeks ago and the commentary was
excruciating - if I had a cent for every "aw mate" from the
commentators I'd be a freaking millionaire, mate. All the fake
excitement - "Warner's taking strike, buckle up !" and Nicholas mate-
ing everyone, hoping desperately against hope that someone will call
him Nicko, mate. Sounded as convincing as Roebuck talking about "the
poms". And when Nicholas starts going "Aaah, Monty" in that Harry met
Sally way, well, call me a raw prawn, but piss off, Nicko. Mate.
When I were a lad, Stacky and Norm were doing the between-overs stuff
- now that was worth listening to. Unfortunately, Bubbles Oliver was
doing the commentary but you can't have everything.
Mike Gooding
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SultanOfSwing
> On Jan 23, 11:00 am, ding007d...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > 1. Healy (Pure Evil)
> > 2. Ranjit Fernando (Idiot)
>
Well, Ranjit Fernando may be good in your opinion, but IMHO,
he is dull and boring. I've heard him commentate several times.
He appears to be a master of cliches and has perfected the
art of "stating the obvious". I'll grant it to you, that he is
mostly
unbiased, and also nowhere near as irritating as Aamir Sohail
and Waqar Younis.
I could bracket him and LS in the category of "boring"
commentators,
probably not the worst, because that category is already filled
with
the likes of Sohail, Waqar Younis and Ian Healy.
jzfredricks
> I could bracket him and LS in the category of "boring"
> commentators,
> probably not the worst, because that category is already filled
> with
> the likes of Sohail, Waqar Younis and Ian Healy.
plus any bastard who ever says "DLS Maximum Six"!!!!
Bobs
The real question is why the hell is he so biased towards Aussie? He's
an English county player. At first I thought he was just bailing for the
better team (like all those Man U "fans"), but Australia aren't that
great these days. Reckon the poms aren't far off them.
ding0...@gmail.com
Why don't you like waqar? i love him. His english may not be great but
does seem to have more insight in to the game than most. Plus he is
funny.
eusebius
You mean Dr No?
I 100% agree with what you are saying, but why do TMS get away with
it? I happened to enjoy TMS, but objectively much of it was piffle-
froth and piffle. Blowers talking about pigeons, Johnners, Aggers
being downright silly, CMJ boring as all hell and the Boil sounding as
if he was describing a requiem mass.
Freddie certainly livened up proceedings, no doubt.
eusebius
Obviously Johnners and Freddie aren't making much of a contribution
these days.
SultanOfSwing
OK. My mistake in including Waqar in that list. Waqar is decent,
and mostly unbiased. On occasions, I have found his commentary
to be a bit boring. But Sohail, Healy and Mike Haysmann surely
top my list of irritating commentators.
xs...@yahoo.com
The RSA comms have a lot of trouble hiding their bias. I actually like
Ian Chappell. I don't know why the Australians hate him.
I can't bear a single Indian commentator (I'm Indian). The Pakistanis
are
even worse than the Indians, except for Akram, who can be very
entertaining.
Bhogle talks too much. Gavaskar is too sanctimonious. Shastri is okay.
Siva and Arun Lal never have anything to say other than the bleeding
obvious.
david...@yahoo.com
Akram is boring, I think.
Worst commentator of them all - very very hard to answer.