England Test Tour of Pakistan 2022 - Broadcast thread

[MenInG]

Sky in the UK will be showing.

Each day of each Test will start at 5am UK time with build-up from 4.30am on Sky Sports Cricket.

 

[gazza619]

I will be in Karachi and aim to see the third test at the National Stadium

 

[Sunny_majoka]

I will be in Karachi and aim to see the third test at the National Stadium

Me too. In Sha ALLAH

 

[MenInG]

I will be in Karachi and aim to see the third test at the National Stadium

Me too. In Sha ALLAH

Awesome! Hope all goes well.

 

[MenInG]

Nasser Hussain and now Athers also looking forward to working out of Pakistan

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking forward to going back to Pakistan to watch Test cricket again <a href="https://t.co/ttPLyXgDBi">pic.twitter.com/ttPLyXgDBi</a></p>— Mike atherton (@Athersmike) <a href="https://twitter.com/Athersmike/status/1596461342185119747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">English commentators heading to Pakistan to cover the Pakistan v England Test series:<br><br>Nasser Hussain<br>Michael Atherton<br>David Gower<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakvEng?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakvEng</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1596824635651153920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[ElRaja]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">English commentators heading to Pakistan to cover the Pakistan v England Test series:<br><br>Nasser Hussain<br>Michael Atherton<br>David Gower<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PakvEng?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PakvEng</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1596824635651153920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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pbly the three best commentators, nass and ath for analysis and gower for his calming voice. unfortunately it'll pbly get balanced by bazid khan. only decent pak commentator is sikander bakht.

 

[James]

pbly the three best commentators, nass and ath for analysis and gower for his calming voice. unfortunately it'll pbly get balanced by bazid khan. only decent pak commentator is sikander bakht.

Come on bro are you not looking forward to Wasim Akram’s long meandering stories and the laughing at his own punchlines ?

 

[ElRaja]

Come on bro are you not looking forward to Wasim Akram’s long meandering stories and the laughing at his own punchlines ?

lord no, its amazing how bad a commentator he is, the amusing thing is he assumes its cos his english ain't perfect, not cos he's a terrible comm. the state of commentary around the world, even in football, is shocking, need to go back to having at least some broadcast journalists doing commentary as opposed to former players.

 

[MenInG]

Former England captains and leading broadcasters David Gower, Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain will call action in the historic three-match Test series between Pakistan and England in December.

While Gower has commentated in Pakistan during the HBL Pakistan Super League and the recent seven-match T20I series between Pakistan and England, this will be the first instance of Atherton and Hussain touring Pakistan as broadcasters through PCB’s official partnership with Sky Sports UK.

The Pakistani voices in the commentary panel are former Test cricketers Bazid Khan, Waqar Younis and Urooj Mumtaz.

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

The English commentators are all class. Bazid is ok, and Urooj, in a non-t20 context is an ever improving commentator and analyst. This is a pretty good panel all things considered.

 

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[Savak]

What about the rest of Europe apart from the UK?

PCB should be targetting Rogers, Bell in Canada and other major tv networks in the US

What about South America? China, Japan e.t.c?

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Is Gower going with Sky?!

Edit: Shame Sky won't be taking their own broadcast team

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nasser Hussain who is part of the commentary panel for the upcoming Test series “I’d like to get out in the evening and sample the food in the different parts of Pakistan” <a href="https://t.co/BHmh1a7p1F">https://t.co/BHmh1a7p1F</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1597290631562694656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[James]

Former England captains and leading broadcasters David Gower, Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain will call action in the historic three-match Test series between Pakistan and England in December.

Excellent choices, couldn’t have picked a better trio to represent English broadcasting in this series.

 

[Saj]

Former England captains and leading broadcasters David Gower, Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain will call action in the historic three-match Test series between Pakistan and England in December.

While Gower has commentated in Pakistan during the HBL Pakistan Super League and the recent seven-match T20I series between Pakistan and England, this will be the first instance of Atherton and Hussain touring Pakistan as broadcasters through PCB’s official partnership with Sky Sports UK.

The Pakistani voices in the commentary panel are former Test cricketers Bazid Khan, Waqar Younis and Urooj Mumtaz.

Mixed bag of comms.

Some parts worth listening to, others worth muting.

 

[aqeelPK]

Barmy Army has arrived in Islamabad. It would be great fun to watch along with them but unfortunately tickets sale has been very poor so far. People are reluctant to buy tickets for pindi test mainly due to lack of facilities at the stadium.

 

[Saj]

Excellent choices, couldn’t have picked a better trio to represent English broadcasting in this series.

It's a shame that Bumble isn't out there.

He loves Pakistan and Pakistan cricket.

Would have been great to listen to him.

 

[MenInG]

BBC’s iconic Test Match Special will provide commentary on England men’s three-Test tour to Pakistan, which commences in Rawalpindi on Thursday. The TMS, now in its 65th year, had also provided commentary on England’s last tour to Pakistan in 2005, while it also covered the series in 2012 and 2015 when it was staged in the United Arab Emirates.

The TMS team travelling to Pakistan comprises some of the most respected and influential voices in cricket, including correspondent and former England fast bowler Jonathan Agnew, legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis, former England spinner Vic Marks, who also toured Pakistan with England in 1984, World Cup winner Alex Hartley; along with commentators Simon Mann.

 

[MenInG]

No DRS, no ball speeds - what is happening?

 

[James]

Waqar Younis on commentary often makes duff calls it seems. He doesn’t seem to read the game particularly well as a commentator.

At the end of the 1st Test he was suggesting that Ben Stokes do everything with the old ball and the bowlers that he ended up NOT doing, and Stokes turned out to be right.

And just now, Waqar confidently said that Abdullah Shafique is looking “extremely comfortable” against the spin bowling. Shafique was caught behind off Jack Leach from the next ball. Lol

 

[MenInG]

So how has been the commentary so far in this series?

 

[SpiritOf1903]

So how has been the commentary so far in this series?

English commies the saving grace.Vicky is Vicky with his cod Australian twang. He's got excellent bowling knowledge.. we should appreciate him

 

[James]

Atherton, Hussain and Gower (in that order) keeping the commentary box afloat. Urooj and Waqar are absolutely dreadful

 

[Saj]

By and large the local commentary has been awful.

Struggling with the rules, dull, bland and mind-numbing.

I do like Waqar when he talks about quick bowling though. I just wish he would really say what he wants to and is feeling though.