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"I apologise most sincerely to Azeem and to the Asian cricket community" : David "Bumble" Lloyd
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Yes already have done.
In the past he has been keen to work on the PSL, but because he was contacted to Sky and due to it clashing with other series he wasn't available.
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David 'Bumble' Lloyd is leaving the Sky Sports cricket commentary team after 22 years covering England across all three formats and helping launch Twenty20 cricket in this country.
NASSER HUSSAIN, who played under Bumble when he was England coach and then shared many commentary boxes with him around the world, has written this tribute to his great friend and colleague.
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David 'Bumble' Lloyd is leaving the Sky Sports cricket commentary team after 22 years covering England across all three formats and helping launch Twenty20 cricket in this country.
I cannot believe I will not be sharing a Sky commentary box with David Lloyd anymore. He is one of the all-time great commentators and a wonderful human being.
Cricket is in Bumble's veins. You can hear his love and passion for the game in every word he says and he has that priceless ability to inform and entertain at the same time.
Bumble always tries to promote what is good for cricket but he is never afraid to call out anything bad that needs to be addressed, like criticising poor over-rates.
Cricket can be a slow game at times but invariably Bumble is at his best during those quiet periods. He becomes that great entertainer and brings the game back to life.
And he always knows when to talk and when not to, when to be serious and when to have fun.
Bumble senses when the viewer needs cheering up and can always bring a smile to their faces, whether it is by singing Sweet Caroline or just making a little one-liner.
Then in the next breath he is switching on to find the perfect words for the great moments, like Yuvraj Singh's six sixes in an over during the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup or Stuart Broad's eight for 15 at Trent Bridge in 2015.
It is never about Bumble. He doesn't make commentary about him. Like that time when Carlos Brathwaite hit four sixes in the last over off Ben Stokes to win the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup for West Indies.
Bumble was the lead commentator but he turned to Ian Bishop and said 'this is West Indies moment. You do it.'
And that's how he instigated one of the great cricket commentary moments, with Bishop saying 'remember the name.'
What you see on TV with Bumble is the person we all see day in and day out.
There is no different face for public consumption. He is a genuine person who loves life and enjoys having a laugh and relishing the cricket. He takes people as he finds them.
That's why he spends so much time talking cricket to people. He always has time for anyone and will sit there for hours talking not just cricket but music, beer and anything else that takes his fancy with anyone.
He is never fussed about fancy restaurants either. Just a decent pint and a good curry and he is happy whatever the surroundings.
I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed his company, first as an England player when he was coach and for the last 17 years as broadcasting colleagues and friends.
He has done everything in the game and is such an accomplished broadcaster you almost forget he played for and coached England and had time as a first-class umpire too as well as his long association with Lancashire. He has so much experience he was our go to man on every subject. He ticked every box.
The funniest moments? I still laugh at the umpiring demonstration we did in the indoor school at Lord's and Bumble's impression of the old umpire Harry Baldwin.
He was only given short notice of us doing that but he was brilliant and so naturally funny. If you need cheering up look it up on Youtube and I guarantee it will bring a smile to your face.
Then that was the time I shared a camper van with him in New Zealand. Bumble would get up every 10 minutes in the middle of the night to go to the loo and I'd wake up each morning to the sight of the former England coach and broadcasting legend wandering around in just his underwear.
Or how about the time he went out to do the toss, looked down to see whether it had landed heads or tails and ended up head-butting match referee Richie Richardson who was attempting to do the same thing?
Bumble is old-school in his high standards. He would pick up the rest of us for talking too much and cares passionately about how the game is broadcast. He is so professional, too, and was always the first in to work every morning.
He always came up with ideas and never just left it to the producer. Before Twenty20 finals day he would be ringing and emailing the producer saying 'shall we do that?' and 'should we do this.'
And when a producer had a good idea he would throw himself into it a hundred per cent, like when it was suggested he take on Freddie Flintoff in a singalong in front of the Hollies Stand at Edgbaston. It was television gold.
It would always be great walking out of a ground with Bumble because everyone would be shouting his name and want to speak to him. You can for=get he is 74, too.
There was not a single day when Bumble didn't turn up with that energy, drive and enthusiasm.
We loved him when he was our coach. He could be up and down, like the time we came in at lunch in Auckland in 1997 after a bad session and said 'where's the coach?'
Bumble was walking around the rugby ground because he couldn't face talking to us!
And when he went AWOL after we lost to Australia A and we had to go to the airport to persuade him not to go home.
Thankfully he stayed and we went on to win the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. But he was a brilliant coach and always supported us a hundred per cent.
That loyalty is something I have seen throughout the time I have spent with Bumble. If you are a mate of his you are a mate for life and that's what we will always be.
Sky lost one great commentator in Michael Holding earlier this year and now we have lost another in Bumble. They were both a joy to work with and both will be sadly missed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/c...Bumble-one-time-greats-leaves-Sky-Sports.html
NASSER HUSSAIN, who played under Bumble when he was England coach and then shared many commentary boxes with him around the world, has written this tribute to his great friend and colleague.
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David 'Bumble' Lloyd is leaving the Sky Sports cricket commentary team after 22 years covering England across all three formats and helping launch Twenty20 cricket in this country.
I cannot believe I will not be sharing a Sky commentary box with David Lloyd anymore. He is one of the all-time great commentators and a wonderful human being.
Cricket is in Bumble's veins. You can hear his love and passion for the game in every word he says and he has that priceless ability to inform and entertain at the same time.
Bumble always tries to promote what is good for cricket but he is never afraid to call out anything bad that needs to be addressed, like criticising poor over-rates.
Cricket can be a slow game at times but invariably Bumble is at his best during those quiet periods. He becomes that great entertainer and brings the game back to life.
And he always knows when to talk and when not to, when to be serious and when to have fun.
Bumble senses when the viewer needs cheering up and can always bring a smile to their faces, whether it is by singing Sweet Caroline or just making a little one-liner.
Then in the next breath he is switching on to find the perfect words for the great moments, like Yuvraj Singh's six sixes in an over during the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup or Stuart Broad's eight for 15 at Trent Bridge in 2015.
It is never about Bumble. He doesn't make commentary about him. Like that time when Carlos Brathwaite hit four sixes in the last over off Ben Stokes to win the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup for West Indies.
Bumble was the lead commentator but he turned to Ian Bishop and said 'this is West Indies moment. You do it.'
And that's how he instigated one of the great cricket commentary moments, with Bishop saying 'remember the name.'
What you see on TV with Bumble is the person we all see day in and day out.
There is no different face for public consumption. He is a genuine person who loves life and enjoys having a laugh and relishing the cricket. He takes people as he finds them.
That's why he spends so much time talking cricket to people. He always has time for anyone and will sit there for hours talking not just cricket but music, beer and anything else that takes his fancy with anyone.
He is never fussed about fancy restaurants either. Just a decent pint and a good curry and he is happy whatever the surroundings.
I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed his company, first as an England player when he was coach and for the last 17 years as broadcasting colleagues and friends.
He has done everything in the game and is such an accomplished broadcaster you almost forget he played for and coached England and had time as a first-class umpire too as well as his long association with Lancashire. He has so much experience he was our go to man on every subject. He ticked every box.
The funniest moments? I still laugh at the umpiring demonstration we did in the indoor school at Lord's and Bumble's impression of the old umpire Harry Baldwin.
He was only given short notice of us doing that but he was brilliant and so naturally funny. If you need cheering up look it up on Youtube and I guarantee it will bring a smile to your face.
Then that was the time I shared a camper van with him in New Zealand. Bumble would get up every 10 minutes in the middle of the night to go to the loo and I'd wake up each morning to the sight of the former England coach and broadcasting legend wandering around in just his underwear.
Or how about the time he went out to do the toss, looked down to see whether it had landed heads or tails and ended up head-butting match referee Richie Richardson who was attempting to do the same thing?
Bumble is old-school in his high standards. He would pick up the rest of us for talking too much and cares passionately about how the game is broadcast. He is so professional, too, and was always the first in to work every morning.
He always came up with ideas and never just left it to the producer. Before Twenty20 finals day he would be ringing and emailing the producer saying 'shall we do that?' and 'should we do this.'
And when a producer had a good idea he would throw himself into it a hundred per cent, like when it was suggested he take on Freddie Flintoff in a singalong in front of the Hollies Stand at Edgbaston. It was television gold.
It would always be great walking out of a ground with Bumble because everyone would be shouting his name and want to speak to him. You can for=get he is 74, too.
There was not a single day when Bumble didn't turn up with that energy, drive and enthusiasm.
We loved him when he was our coach. He could be up and down, like the time we came in at lunch in Auckland in 1997 after a bad session and said 'where's the coach?'
Bumble was walking around the rugby ground because he couldn't face talking to us!
And when he went AWOL after we lost to Australia A and we had to go to the airport to persuade him not to go home.
Thankfully he stayed and we went on to win the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. But he was a brilliant coach and always supported us a hundred per cent.
That loyalty is something I have seen throughout the time I have spent with Bumble. If you are a mate of his you are a mate for life and that's what we will always be.
Sky lost one great commentator in Michael Holding earlier this year and now we have lost another in Bumble. They were both a joy to work with and both will be sadly missed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/c...Bumble-one-time-greats-leaves-Sky-Sports.html
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That would honestly be fantastic.
Bumble is a gem and I hope we get to hear him on the air for many more years.
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David Lloyd is moving to TalkSport as an expert on their cricket coverage.
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Bumble’s apology was sincere and I’m looking forward to hearing his voice back on the airwaves soon. 
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Commentary without Bumble is just not the same.
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Rafiq writing for the Daily Mail:
"It is the same with David Lloyd. The minute I stepped out of that DCMS inquiry — where Bumble’s name had come up in questioning — I found messages from him on my phone asking if he could get in touch. We spoke that day, I told Bumble how I felt, he accepted he had made a mistake and apologised and we moved on,"
"So I really hope his departure from Sky had nothing to do with me because it was not my intention for him to lose his job or for Hoggy to lose work,"
"That is not change. It just looks like a case of someone throwing the book at them to make themselves look good. It’s not fair and it doesn’t sit well with me at all."
"It is the same with David Lloyd. The minute I stepped out of that DCMS inquiry — where Bumble’s name had come up in questioning — I found messages from him on my phone asking if he could get in touch. We spoke that day, I told Bumble how I felt, he accepted he had made a mistake and apologised and we moved on,"
"So I really hope his departure from Sky had nothing to do with me because it was not my intention for him to lose his job or for Hoggy to lose work,"
"That is not change. It just looks like a case of someone throwing the book at them to make themselves look good. It’s not fair and it doesn’t sit well with me at all."
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David 'Bumble' Lloyd "I was asked about my availability to commentate on the upcoming Pakistan Super League. Unfortunately I can't make it this time due to prior commitments, but it's definitely a tournament that I would like to work on in future" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</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/1484558601733787660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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David Gower has blasted broadcasting bosses for their treatment of David Lloyd - insisting 'Bumble' should "still be on the airwaves".
Lloyd, a much-loved cricket commentator and pundit, spent 22 years entertaining audiences on Sky Sports before his time with the broadcaster came to a bitter end last year. The 75-year-old, known as Bumble, left his position after becoming embroiled in the racism scandal that engulfed English cricket.
He had been accused by Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq of being a 'closet racist' due to attempts to 'smear him' by discrediting racism allegations in private text messages sent to a colleague. Lloyd immediately apologised to Rafiq, and announced his own departure from Sky without mentioning the broadcaster's probe into the private messages. He has since not been heard behind the mic on a mainstream platform.
And Gower, who signed off himself three years ago after 25 years leading Sky's cricket coverage, has suggested that his former employers betrayed his former England teammate by letting him go.
"Bumble could and should still be on the airwaves. He was badly betrayed. You know who you are...," Gower said on Twitter, replying to a fan questioning the Lancastrian's television absence. Lloyd replied with a love-heart emoji, seemingly endorsing Gower's claim.
"My race has been run with Sky and there will be certain things I will miss after being involved in commentary across five decades," Lloyd told the Daily Mail regarding his departure.
"Having fun and just being myself for a start. I know I've gone to the edge at times and used to be encouraged to do so. Our coverage used to be rock and roll, we were told to take risks.
"Now they have clawed things right back and it's absolutely taboo to say anything that can be misinterpreted. There can be no innuendo. One word out of place now and you will spend your life apologising for it. Therefore, it makes me chuckle that Andrew Strauss was knighted for calling Kevin Pietersen a c**t on air a decade ago, and now gets to select the England team!"
Former England skipper Gower had already made his feelings clear on the manner of Bumble's departure. "Yes, it’s right to investigate if someone has said or done something that is out of order," he told the Daily Mail last December.
"And, yes, it’s right to correct that, bring people to book and hold them accountable. But there are limits. One of the things that strikes me now is that we are all having to be so very careful to say anything to anyone under any circumstances, just in case someone somewhere perceives one or two words to be out of place."
He continued: "I personally see a difference between things said in confidence and things said in public. At best, it’s bemusing. At worst, it’s frightening.
"If it takes one word out of place, then absolutely no one in the entire western world would still be in a job. At no stage am I trying to condone anything that is egregiously or even vaguely racist. But balance is all. Surely a heartfelt apology is a step in the right direction."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/cri...sedgntp&cvid=faf746e0c53e42eba2808cc62c578080
Lloyd, a much-loved cricket commentator and pundit, spent 22 years entertaining audiences on Sky Sports before his time with the broadcaster came to a bitter end last year. The 75-year-old, known as Bumble, left his position after becoming embroiled in the racism scandal that engulfed English cricket.
He had been accused by Yorkshire whistleblower Azeem Rafiq of being a 'closet racist' due to attempts to 'smear him' by discrediting racism allegations in private text messages sent to a colleague. Lloyd immediately apologised to Rafiq, and announced his own departure from Sky without mentioning the broadcaster's probe into the private messages. He has since not been heard behind the mic on a mainstream platform.
And Gower, who signed off himself three years ago after 25 years leading Sky's cricket coverage, has suggested that his former employers betrayed his former England teammate by letting him go.
"Bumble could and should still be on the airwaves. He was badly betrayed. You know who you are...," Gower said on Twitter, replying to a fan questioning the Lancastrian's television absence. Lloyd replied with a love-heart emoji, seemingly endorsing Gower's claim.
"My race has been run with Sky and there will be certain things I will miss after being involved in commentary across five decades," Lloyd told the Daily Mail regarding his departure.
"Having fun and just being myself for a start. I know I've gone to the edge at times and used to be encouraged to do so. Our coverage used to be rock and roll, we were told to take risks.
"Now they have clawed things right back and it's absolutely taboo to say anything that can be misinterpreted. There can be no innuendo. One word out of place now and you will spend your life apologising for it. Therefore, it makes me chuckle that Andrew Strauss was knighted for calling Kevin Pietersen a c**t on air a decade ago, and now gets to select the England team!"
Former England skipper Gower had already made his feelings clear on the manner of Bumble's departure. "Yes, it’s right to investigate if someone has said or done something that is out of order," he told the Daily Mail last December.
"And, yes, it’s right to correct that, bring people to book and hold them accountable. But there are limits. One of the things that strikes me now is that we are all having to be so very careful to say anything to anyone under any circumstances, just in case someone somewhere perceives one or two words to be out of place."
He continued: "I personally see a difference between things said in confidence and things said in public. At best, it’s bemusing. At worst, it’s frightening.
"If it takes one word out of place, then absolutely no one in the entire western world would still be in a job. At no stage am I trying to condone anything that is egregiously or even vaguely racist. But balance is all. Surely a heartfelt apology is a step in the right direction."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/cri...sedgntp&cvid=faf746e0c53e42eba2808cc62c578080
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Azeem Rafiq has criticised Sky Sports for not keeping David 'Bumble' Lloyd as part of their cricket coverage following Rafiq's testimony to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, where he said the 75-year-old had attempted to "smear" him after he spoke up about his experiences of racism at Yorkshire.
Lloyd reportedly made derogatory remarks about Asian players but spoke to Rafiq shortly after he delivered his testimony to apologise, as well as issuing a public apology to Rafiq and the "Asian cricket community". Sky then issued a statement of their own, saying they would investigate Lloyd's actions and a month after Rafiq spoke to MPs it was announced that Lloyd would be leaving his role as at Sky.
13 months on from his initial testimony, Rafiq has spoken to the DCMS committee again and slammed Sky's decision to let Lloyd go. "I talked about David Lloyd in here last year and I walked out of this room and I received an apology," Rafiq said.
"I spoke to him on the phone and we talked about it and I thought it would have been a great message [for him to continue commentating for Sky] because David really wanted to make sure that he was part of the solution. I felt Sky Cricket made probably as bad a decision as anyone has through these last two years when they got rid of him.
"I think what that created was a lot of his friends, influential people right at the top of the cricket establishment who were former players, for them to feel like they don't get implicated is to attack me and I've felt that throughout the last 13 months.
"We had a good chat and I felt that, with his profile and how loved he is, he could play a big part in actually moving the conversation on to a positive."
When asked if he felt Lloyd's exit from Sky has discouraged others from apologising to avoid losing their jobs, Rafiq replied: "That's exactly my point. The person who apologised lost his job.
"That's not going to encourage anyone else to come forward and accept that they've got things wrong. We've got to take the fear out of these conversations. This is where leaders come in and braveness, it's not just a one way street.
"It's something I want to talk about more openly down the line, the uncomfortable conversations go both ways. I just felt at the time if they'd have stuck with him, possibly 13 months on today the conversation could have been a little bit better."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/azeem-rafiq-david-lloyd-sky-28723275
Lloyd reportedly made derogatory remarks about Asian players but spoke to Rafiq shortly after he delivered his testimony to apologise, as well as issuing a public apology to Rafiq and the "Asian cricket community". Sky then issued a statement of their own, saying they would investigate Lloyd's actions and a month after Rafiq spoke to MPs it was announced that Lloyd would be leaving his role as at Sky.
13 months on from his initial testimony, Rafiq has spoken to the DCMS committee again and slammed Sky's decision to let Lloyd go. "I talked about David Lloyd in here last year and I walked out of this room and I received an apology," Rafiq said.
"I spoke to him on the phone and we talked about it and I thought it would have been a great message [for him to continue commentating for Sky] because David really wanted to make sure that he was part of the solution. I felt Sky Cricket made probably as bad a decision as anyone has through these last two years when they got rid of him.
"I think what that created was a lot of his friends, influential people right at the top of the cricket establishment who were former players, for them to feel like they don't get implicated is to attack me and I've felt that throughout the last 13 months.
"We had a good chat and I felt that, with his profile and how loved he is, he could play a big part in actually moving the conversation on to a positive."
When asked if he felt Lloyd's exit from Sky has discouraged others from apologising to avoid losing their jobs, Rafiq replied: "That's exactly my point. The person who apologised lost his job.
"That's not going to encourage anyone else to come forward and accept that they've got things wrong. We've got to take the fear out of these conversations. This is where leaders come in and braveness, it's not just a one way street.
"It's something I want to talk about more openly down the line, the uncomfortable conversations go both ways. I just felt at the time if they'd have stuck with him, possibly 13 months on today the conversation could have been a little bit better."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/azeem-rafiq-david-lloyd-sky-28723275
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Bring back Bumble.
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