User:Ngb/List of cricket commentators

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This is a list of media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket.

A number of famous players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.

Name	First-class / List A career	Broadcaster/Publication
Jonathan Agnew	Leicestershire 1978–87 England 1984–85	BBC (Test Match Special) 1987–
Mike Atherton	Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001	Channel 4 TalkSPORT Sunday Telegraph
John Arlott	None	BBC Television 1946–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980
Richie Benaud	New South Wales 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964	BBC (Test Match Special) 1960–1999 Nine Network 1977– Channel 4 1999–
Harsha Bhogle	None	ABC 1991– ESPN Star sports 1995– BBC 1998–
Henry Blofeld	Cambridge University 1958–1960	BBC (Test Match Special) Sky Sports 1991–1994
Ian Botham	Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992	Sky Sports
Geoffrey Boycott	Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982	BBC (Test Match Special) Sky Sports TalkSPORT Channel 4 2004–
Tony Cozier	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–
Matthew Engel	None	The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler	Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994	BBC (Test Match Special)
Angus Fraser	Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999	BBC (Test Match Special) The Independent
David Frith	None	The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly
Sunil Gavaskar	Mumbai 1966–1988 India 1971–1987
David Gower	Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992	Sky Sports Sunday Times
Tony Greig	Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977	Nine Network Channel 4
Michael Holding	1972–1989 West Indies 1975–1987	Sky Sports
Simon Hughes	Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993	The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4
Nasser Hussain	Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004	Sky Sports 2004–
Brian Johnston	None	BBC Television 1958–1970 BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994
Bill Lawry	Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971	Nine Network
David Lloyd	Lancashire 1965–1983 England 1973–1980	Sky Sports 1999–
Simon Mann	None	BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996 BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–
Sanjay Manjrekar	Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996
Vic Marks	Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988	The Observer BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–
Christopher Martin-Jenkins	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985– The Cricketer 1980–1990 Daily Telegraph 1990–1998 The Times 1998–
Alan McGilvray	New South Wales 1933–1937	ABC ?–1985
Jim Maxwell	None	ABC 1973–
Mark Nicholas	Hampshire 1978–1995	Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999– Daily Telegraph Nine Network
Rameez Raja	1976–1998 Pakistan 1984–1997
Mike Selvey	Surrey 1968–1971 Middlesex 1972–1982 Glamorgan 1983–1984 England 1976–1977	BBC (Test Match Special) 1984– The Guardian
Ravi Shastri	Mumbai 1979–1994 India 1981–1992
Bryan Waddle	None	Radio Sport
Bob Willis	1969–1984 England 1971–1984	Sky Sports

[edit] Others (people from the original list that I have no knowledge of)

• Harsha Bhogle
• C. L. R. James