List of cricket commentators

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
Ranil Abeynaike	Bedfordshire 1982 Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990	TEN Sports 2004– Nimbus Sport 2006–
Karunaratne Abeysekera	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation First ever Sinhala cricket commentator
H._D._Ackerman	South Africa 1998	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Jonathan Agnew	Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992 England 1984–1985	BBC (Test Match Special) 1991– The People 1990-1991 BBC Television 1999, 2006-
Wasim Akram	Pakistan 1985–2003	ESPN Star Sports 2003-
Terry Alderman	Australia 1981–1991
Paul Allott	Lancashire 1978–1991 England 1981–1985	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–
Rex Alston	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1945-1964
John Arlott	None	BBC Radio 1946–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980 The Guardian 1968-1980
Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh 1988–1998	Nimbus Sport
Mike Atherton	Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001	Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph 2002- TalkSPORT 2004- Sky Sports 2005–
Trevor Bailey	Essex 1946–1967 England 1949–1959	BBC (Test Match Special) 1967–1999
Jack Bannister	Warwickshire 1950–1968	BBC Television 1984-1998 TalkSPORT 2001-
Richie Benaud	New South Wales 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964	BBC Television 1960–1999 Nine Network 1977– Channel 4 1999–2005 Five 2009–
Harsha Bhogle	None	ABC 1991– ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC 1998–
Ian Bishop	West Indies 1989–1998	Sky Sports 2005– SABC Television 2005–2008 Five 2007
Greg Blewett	South Australia 1991–2007 Australia 1995–2000	Sky Sports 2009–
Henry Blofeld	Cambridge University 1958–1960	BBC (Test Match Special) 1972-1991, 1994- Sky Sports 1991–1994
Ian Botham	Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1996–
Geoffrey Boycott	Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982	Sky Sports 1990-1998 BBC Television 1993-98 TalkSPORT 1998-2003 ESPN Star Sports 1997-2005 Channel 4 2004–2005 BBC (Test Match Special) 2005- Five 2006–
James Brayshaw	Western Australia	Nine Network 2007-
Freddie Brown	England 1931–1953	BBC (Test Match Special) 1957-69
Jim Burke	Australia 1951–1959
Greg Chappell	South Australia 1966–1973 Queensland 1973–1984 Somerset 1968–1969 Australia 1970–1984	Nine Network 1989-1994
Ian Chappell	South Australia 1961–1980 Lancashire 1963 Australia 1964–1980	Nine Network 1980- ESPN Star sports 2007-
Michael Charlton	None	ABC ?–? BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series);
Shamim Chowdhury	None	Nimbus Sport
Denis Compton	England 1937–1957	BBC Television 1958-75 Sunday Express
Jeremy Coney	Wellington 1971–1987 New Zealand 1974–1987	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2004–
Dominic Cork	Derbyshire 1990–2003 Lancashire 2004–2008 Hampshire 2009–2011 England 1992–2002	BBC (Test Match Special) 2010 – Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–
Jamie Cox	Tasmania 1987–
Tony Cozier	None	Barbados Daily News 1961-1969 Nine Network 1977-1992 Sky Sports BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–
Peter Cranmer	Warwickshire 1934–1954	BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968
Martin Crowe	New Zealand 1982–1995	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006
Aravinda De Silva	Sri Lanka 1984–2003	Sky Sports 2006
Ted Dexter	Sussex 1956–1968 England 1958–1968	BBC Television 1968-19??
Allan Donald	South Africa 1991–2003
Simon Doull	New Zealand 1992–2000	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006–
Jeff Dujon	Jamaica 1974–1993 West Indies 1981–1991	Sky Sports
Matthew Engel	None	The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Farokh Engineer	India 1961–1975	BBC (Test Match Special)
Ranjit Fernando	Ceylon 1964–1978 Sri Lanka 1975	Ten Sports 2004–2009
Jack Fingleton	New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938
Damien Fleming	Australia 1994–2001
Tom Fordyce	None	BBC Live Text
Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler	Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994 England 1982–1985	BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005
Angus Fraser	Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999	BBC (Test Match Special) The Independent 2002-
David Frith	None	The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979-1996
Arve Fuglum	None	NRK 1998–
Mike Gatting	Middlesex 1975–1998 England 1977–1994	BBC (Test Match Special)
Sunil Gavaskar	Mumbai 1966–1988 India 1971–1987	ESPN Star Sports 1992– Nimbus Sport BBC (Test Match Special)
Natalie Germanos	None	SABC (Radio 2000)
Alan Gibson	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1962-1975 The Times
Arthur Gilligan	England 1922–1925
Graham Gooch	Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992	Test Match Special 2002–2009
David Gower	Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992	BBC Television1995-1999 Sky Sports1999- Sunday Times
Tom Graveney	England 1951–1969
Tony Greig	Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977	Nine Network 1979- Channel 4 2005- TEN Sports
Bob Harvie	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Mike Haysman	Leicestershire –	SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports
Ian Healy	Queensland 1986–1999 Australia 1988–1999	Nine Network 1999-
Michael Holding	West Indies 1975–1987	Sky Sports Nine Network 1992-
David Hookes	South Australia 1975–1992 Australia 1977–1986
Robert Hudson	None	BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968
Simon Hughes	Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993	The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005 Five 2006–> BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–
Nasser Hussain	Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004	Sky Sports 2004–
Ray Illingworth	England 1958–1973	BBC Television 1984-19??
Robin Jackman	England 1974–1983	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Brian Johnston	None	BBC Television 1946–1970 BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994
Dean Jones	Australia 1984–1992	ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006 Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010
Nick Knight	Warwickshire 1991–2006 England 1995–2003	Sky Sports 2006–
Jim Laker	England 1948–1959	BBC Television 1969-85
Arun Lal	India 1982–1989	Nimbus Sport 2003–
Gavin Larsen	Wellington 1984–1999 New Zealand 1990–1999
Geoff Lawson	Australia 1989–2004
Bill Lawry	Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971	Nine Network 1977-
Darren Lehmann	Australia 1996–2005	Sky Sports 2005–2007
Tony Lewis	Glamorgan 1955–1974 England 1972–1973	BBC (Test Match Special) 1975–1984 The Sunday Telegraph 1975–1993 BBC Television 1984–1997
David Lloyd	Lancashire 1965–1983 England 1973–1980	Test Match Special 1992–1995 Sky Sports 1999–
Simon Mann	None	BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996 BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–
Sanjay Manjrekar	Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996	Sky Sports 2011– ESPN Star Sports 2009–2011 TEN Sports 2004–2009
Neil Manthorp	None	SuperSport (Super Cricket) BBC (Test Match Special)
Vic Marks	Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988	The Observer 1989- BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–
Howard Marshall	None	BBC (BBC Radio) early 1930s–1945
Christopher Martin-Jenkins	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985– BBC Television 1980-1985 The Cricketer 1980–1990 Daily Telegraph 1990–1998 The Times 1998–
Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe 1996–2002	SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports
Alan McGilvray	New South Wales 1933–1937	ABC 1938–1985
Jim Maxwell	None	ABC 1973– BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– (Ashes series);
Glenn Mitchell	None	ABC 1990–
Danny Morrison	New Zealand 1987–1997	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Don Mosey	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1974-1999
Johnnie Moyes	South Australia 1912–1915 Victoria 1920–1921	ABC 1950–1963
Kass Naidoo	None	SABC Television 2003–2007
Mark Nicholas	Hampshire 1978–1995	Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999–2005 Daily Telegraph Nine Network 2001– Five 2006–
Kerry O'Keeffe	New South Wales 1968–1980 Australia 1971–1977	ABC 2001–
Kalpa Palliyaguruge	NCC,BRC & Nomads 1993-2001 Australia - Elestrenweek Cricket Club 1996–2000	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 2008-
Venkatesh Prasad	India 1996–2001	SET Max 2003
Norton Pereira	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Rameez Raja	Servis Industries 1977–1978 Punjab 1978 Lahore City 1979–1983, 1985–1987, 1992–1993 Allied Bank Limited 1983–1984, 1994–1998 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1988–1991 Islamabad 1994 Pakistan 1984–1997	TEN Sports BBC (Test Match Special)
Aqeel Samar	None	Hum FM Hum FM Apna FM Network
Dermot Reeve	Sussex 1983–1987 Warwickshire 1988–1996 Somerset 1998 Marylebone Cricket Club 1990 England 1991–1996	Channel 4 1999–2005
Barry Richards	South Africa 1970	TEN Sports
Mark Richardson	New Zealand 2000–2004	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006–
R C Robertson-Glasgow	Somerset 1920–1935	The Morning Post The Observer
Peter Roebuck	Somerset 1974–1991	ABC 2001–2011
Mike Selvey	Surrey 1968–1971 Middlesex 1972–1982 Glamorgan 1983–1984 England 1976–1977	BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–2008 The Guardian 1985-
Ravi Shastri	Mumbai 1979–1994 Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991 India 1981–1992	ESPN Star sports 1994– Nimbus Sport 2006–
Navjot Singh Sidhu	Punjab 1981–1999 India 1983–1999	ESPN Star sports 1999–2003 TEN Sports 2003–2004 NDTV 24x7 2006–2009 Times Now 2010–
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	India1983–1987	Nimbus Sport
Michael Slater	New South Wales 1991–2001 Australia 1993–2001	Channel 4 2001-2005 Sky Sports 2006 Nine Network 2006-
Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)	New Zealand 1980–1992	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Pranav Soneji	None	BBC Live Text
Javagal Srinath	India1991–2003
Scott Styris	New Zealand 2002–	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006
E.W. Swanton	Middlesex 1937-8	BBC (Test Match Special) 1938-1975 BBC Television 1948-1967 The Daily Telegraph 1946-1975
Donna Symmonds		Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988-? BBC (Test Match Special) 1998-2000?
Clive Taylor	None	The Daily Herald The Sun
Mark Taylor	New South Wales 1985–1999 Australia 1989–1999	Nine Network 1999-
Fred Trueman	Yorkshire 1949–1969 England 1952–1965	BBC (Test Match Special) 1974-1999
Phil Tufnell	Middlesex 1986–2002 England 1990–2001	BBC (Test Match Special) 2003-
Michael Vaughan	Yorkshire 1993–2009 England 1999–2008	Five 2009– BBC (Test Match Special) 2009-
Bryan Waddle	None	Radio Sport
Ian Ward	Surrey 1992–2003 Sussex 2003–2005 England 2001	Sky Sports 2005–
Shane Warne	Hampshire 2000–2007 Australia 1992–2006 Rajasthan Royals 2008– Victoria 1990–2006	Nine Network 2008-2010 Sky Sports 2009–
Kepler Wessels	Queensland 1979–1986 Australia 1982–1994 Sussex 1976–1980	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Peter West	None	BBC Television 1952-1986
Arlo White	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–
Lucien Wijesinghe	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Alan Wilkins	Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983 Gloucestershire 1980–1982	BBC 1987-1998 ESPN Star Sports 2000-
Bob Willis	Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984	Sky Sports
John Woodcock	None	The Guardian The Times
Norman Yardley	Yorkshire 1935–1955 England 1938–1950	BBC (Test Match Special) 1956-1969

References

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden online archive
Channel 4 Cricket: Meet the Team
Test Match Special Website
Cricinfo Website
Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Ball by Ball - The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9

List of cricket commentators

See also

References