Charles Colville (commentator)

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Colville at the Taunton Cricket Ground working for Sky Sports
Colville at the Taunton Cricket Ground working for Sky Sports

Charles Colvile is a cricket commentator and interviewer[1] for Sky Sports, particularly during domestic matches. He has worked for Sky Sports since 1990 and has presented some major series for Sky TV from the ground; such as the 1990/91 Ashes Series in Australia, the 1994 England tour of the West Indies and the 1995/6 England tour to South Africa. Before Mark Nicholas signed up as anchorman for Sky Sports in 1996 he was the senior cricket presenter. The majority of his work now is presenting live internationals not involving England, presenting England highlights and covering domestic cricket. Unlike the majority of commentators for Sky Sports, Colvile was never a professional cricketer, instead training as a sport commentator. His catchphrase is "Got Him" when a bowler takes a wicket - this became folklore when Angus Fraser ripped through the West Indies in the 1994 Barbados Test match, live on Sky TV. He even has his own Facebook group dedicated to him by fans. The Reverse Swing Manifesto retrieved August 29, 2007</ref> Before joining Sky, Colvile was one of several sports journalists who covered the sports slots just before the half-hours in BBC Radio 4's Today programme. In 2005, Cricinfo released copies of a question and answer article by The Wisden Cricketer on cricket commentators that contained both positive[2] and negative views on Colvile's commentating.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Marvelous Monty's story free of wrong kind of spin The Independent retrieved August 29, 2007
  2. ^ Turn the volume down Cricinfo retrieved August 29, 2007
  3. ^ Death seems a better option than listening to those zombies Cricinfo retrieved August 29, 2007
  4. ^ Sound and Vision The Reverse Swing Manifesto retrieved August 29, 2007