All Time Test XI of Players Who Went On To Become Commentators

[BoomBoomCricket]

This is a challenge that the BBC are doing for their radio weekly cricket show and have set. Below is my XI.

Sunil Gavaskar
Geoff Boycott
Ricky Ponting (C)
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Ian Botham
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Michael Holding

Beat that....

 

[Ab Fan]

Tony Greig should be there.

 

[therealAB]

Nasser, Greig, Lloyd great commentators

Side more focused on commentary ability so Warne, Wasim, Gilchrist will not be in

Gavaskar
Boycott
Ricky Ponting
David Lloyd
Nasser
Tony Greig
Ian Smith/Healy (no great keeper commentators)
Richie Benaud
Damien Fleming / Freddie (need a joke during these dark times)
Ian Bishop (incredibly underrated fast bowler I should write something abut him)
Michael Holding

 

[Last Monetarist]

Excluding rubbish commentators:

Boycott
Barry Richards
Ponting
Ian Chappell
Crowe
Greig
Ian Smith
Benaud
Pollock
Holding
Bishop

 

[andy0204]

Excluding rubbish commentators:

Boycott
Barry Richards
Ponting
Ian Chappell
Crowe
Greig
Ian Smith
Benaud
Pollock
Holding
Bishop

How about Sangakkara?

 

[Last Monetarist]

How about Sangakkara?

At a push, could have him in place of Chappell.

 

[sweep_shot]

Rameez Raza
Nasser Hussain
Ricky Ponting (C)
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Ian Botham
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Michael Holding.

 

[BoomBoomCricket]

Michael Vaughan's XI

Boycott
Slater
Ponting
Border
Mark Waugh
VVS Laxman
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Shaun Pollock
Michael Holding
Ian Bishop

 

[Robert]

This is a challenge that the BBC are doing for their radio weekly cricket show and have set. Below is my XI.

Sunil Gavaskar
Geoff Boycott
Ricky Ponting (C)
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Ian Botham
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Michael Holding

Beat that....

OK. Several of those guys such as Gavaskar, Ponting and Botham are not that great. And you are missing the King of them all.....

Mike Atherton
Geoff Boycott
Nasser Hussain
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist (w)
Richie Benaud (c)
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Bob Willis

 

[Dulex9]

Artherton
Slater
Ian Botham
Hussain
I Chappell
David Gower
Sangakarra
Warne
Wasim
R Benaud
Holding

 

[Thunderbolt14]

OK. Several of those guys such as Gavaskar, Ponting and Botham are not that great. And you are missing the King of them all.....

Mike Atherton
Geoff Boycott
Nasser Hussain
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist (w)
Richie Benaud (c)
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Bob Willis

You would drop Punter for Nasser Hussain? And no Wasim Akram?

 

[andy0204]

Graeme Smith
Michael Atherton/Geoffrey Boycott
Ricky Ponting/Ian Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara(wk)
David Gower
Naseer Hussain
Tony Greig
Shaun Pollock
Richie Benaud(c)
Michael Holding
Bob Willis/Ian Bishop

 

[Last Monetarist]

OK. Several of those guys such as Gavaskar, Ponting and Botham are not that great. And you are missing the King of them all.....

Mike Atherton
Geoff Boycott
Nasser Hussain
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist (w)
Richie Benaud (c)
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Bob Willis

You have clearly never bothered to pay attention to Ricky Ponting's commentary.

 

[andy0204]

Graeme Smith
Michael Atherton/Geoffrey Boycott
Ricky Ponting/Ian Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara(wk)
David Gower
Naseer Hussain
Tony Greig
Shaun Pollock
Richie Benaud(c)
Michael Holding
Bob Willis/Ian Bishop

I forgot to add Border,he gets underrated.

 

[therealAB]

Rameez Raza
Nasser Hussain
Ricky Ponting (C)
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Ian Botham
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Michael Holding.

Warne, Botham, Gilly shocking commentators

 

[therealAB]

OK. Several of those guys such as Gavaskar, Ponting and Botham are not that great. And you are missing the King of them all.....

Mike Atherton
Geoff Boycott
Nasser Hussain
Kumar Sangakkara
David Gower
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist (w)
Richie Benaud (c)
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Bob Willis

Ponting is the best comm going around these days