Comments on: Channel 9 Commentary is the Worst in TV Sporting History

By: balakrishn prabhu

balakrishn prabhu — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:31:37 +0000

to add further ,apart from the present channel 9 voices ,bob willis and david gower and paul allot are some of the best voices from uk ,but nothing to match the class of channel 9 ,they always rock !

By: balakrishn prabhu

balakrishn prabhu — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:25:56 +0000

channel 9 commentators are the best in the world for cricket, the coverage, the analysis is simply overwelming ,mark tayler ,slater and ian healy have added extra charm to the channels commentory ,apart from tony greig ,ian chappel,bill lawry and ofcourse richie benaud ,their exression is simply the best and very entertaining ,their language is so good that it sounds like good background support to the action in the middle ,very sorry to say that we in india are missing these voices in the recent series we are spared with only ian chappel from channel line and we are really missing other great voices ,hope we will have a better bargain next series

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:07:42 +0000

Rubbish! They are the best. Yes, I’m English and I love the Ozzie coms. Funny banter Ours and the South Africans coms are ok. But its like comparing Fifth Gear to Top Gear!

By: David Siddall

David Siddall — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:06:01 +0000

Greggy, thanks for your comment. I really think you’ve hit the nail on the head there. Channel 9 has a mixture of very good and very bad commentary.

Benaud’s “absolute chaos” has to right up there with the golden moments of commentary. Assad shares your pain and has written a brilliant article on when the words fit the moment. Check it out here:

http://worldcricketwatch.com/stories/feature/5-golden-cricket-commentary-moments/

By: Greggy

Greggy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:39:01 +0000

1. Please stop caling players and commentators by nicknames: it is unprofessional, makes it seem like you are having a privtae conversation and confuses the viewers who may not be familiar with the nick-names
2. How does a ball “shape” away? It can swing, spin, cut, seam or many things but “shape” is not a cricket term
3. Two commentators are enough, why you need 3 I don’t know
4. I thought the cricket was the entertainment, not the commentators’ banter
5. Why is Richie Benaud the best commentator? Because he says the least but makes it relevant, and lets the game do its own talking.
6. I am sure an option to remove the commentary and just have the game and crowd noises (as you can do on some Fox Sport coverage) would show people how wonderful the game is without a bunch of screeching hyenas as a distraction

By: nique

nique — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:34:38 +0000

Found this sight by accident and this is the most pathetic unfunny article I’ve ever read. I’m 35 and have grown up on these guys watching cricket my entire life and they have always done an awesome job of keeping the cricket entertaining while still maintaining professionalism. I can’t believe anyone would call them biased especially when you hear some of the commentators from overseas countries and people like Holding and Gavaskar … but oh yeah thats right only white people can be considered racist! And so what they call players by their nicknames are they just supposed to pretend they dont know these guys away from the field and treat them as complete strangers. It will be the saddest of days when legends such as Benaud, Lawry, Greigy and Chappelli hang up their microphones then maybe some of the people whinging hear might realise how good we have had it and how lucky we have been to hear such great commentators for the best part of the last 35 years.

By: David Siddall

David Siddall — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:17:18 +0000

Hey Dean. I feel your pain. Did you see Healy stack it being a clown on the Segway?

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:03:13 +0000

if you want to hear a 63 year old weep, please put your ear ouside my door when Healy and Slater are “commentating”
If they were on togetherI could probably handle it,but there is no respite- they alternate then come together for the “cricket show”.
Please,please, “Slats” a drinks break is NOT fucking exciting!
Healy, every time you open your mouth is a NOT the opportunity to deliver yet another fucking lecture!

The young guys in the bowling comp DO NOT need you geeing them up Healy or,as it seems to me, just another opportunity to hear your own FUCKING voice.
Channel 9 here’s a useful tip: sack these two clowns!
Here’s what is truly traditional about cricket: if the game is in a low spot;we nap! Slater and Healy have made this impossible.
Every ball,it appears, according to them, is masturbatable.They’re NOT.
Ah well, over to silly Kerry O,keefe heeeeheeeeheeee.

By: Omair Tariq

Omair Tariq — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:24:47 +0000

Extreme shit article…Bill Lawry and Tony Greig r the best commentators ever,who can make a dead match alive by their brilliant commentary!!They do not make a match boring by remaining quite like many other poor commentators!!Channel 9 commentary team is simply the best in cricket mainly because of Bill Lawry and Tony Greig!!Bill Lawry is specially the best in thrilling stages,whose breathless fast commentary makes the match ten times more interesting!!

By: Wade

Wade — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:13:42 +0000

True, ture ,true!