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Sanath Jayasuriya Commentary Thread [Oh no, he's back!]

"Suranga Lakmal..... will.... swing hard into Alastair Cook......"

What is that now:))?!!!
 
I remember in the Pak vs SL series, he said: "You have to keep rotating the scoreboard"
:facepalm:
 
I remember in the Pak vs SL series, he said: "You have to keep rotating the scoreboard"
:facepalm:

HAHA Another gem :)) This guy never fails to impress. Don't the broadcasters demand a minimum level of proficiency in the language they're commentating in?
 
Don't the broadcasters demand a minimum level of proficiency in the language they're commentating in?

He's a politician, 'nuff said.

Gets what he wants... The... Jaya... the.... .... .... Suria!
 
Reminds me of the Sikh guy that used to sell WWF t-shirts down Knaresborough market.

'I got The Rock...The Stone Cold...The Edge...'

Russy Arnold is positively soothing compared to Sanath. Get him off my television set.
 
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"That´s the brilliant ball......"

:))!
 
The 'Lion' still cracks me up :)) He's unreal, I dunno how someone like him made it to worldwide audience, disgraceful really.
 
"Wickut to wickut"

:))!

"Particularly" is the word of the day:boom:!
 
Jayasuriya:
1. I don't know why Herath isn't bowling, he took 12 wicket in the last inning.
2. Randiv is bowling without a wicket.
 
I felt sorry for Nick Knight today. It was like a primary school teacher talking to a child.

Nick - 'I hear you're also an MP, Sanath'
Sanath - 'Yes I am, I am doing a few works, I am doing alright'

[Silence]

Nick - 'And you're an MP for the ruling party, which is good isn't it?'
Sanath - 'Yes my parting is also ruling, which is good for me.'

[More silence]

:))) :facepalm:
 
Go Sanath....!!!

he is my favorite...!!!

At least he doesn't suck up to firangis like the other Zoysa guy who was asking Tony Greig ... "What is the record English opening partnership Tony ..." Tony Greig in reply "You're supposed to be Sri Lankan" ....

Come on man ... have some pride...!!!
 
Go Sanath....!!!

he is my favorite...!!!

At least he doesn't suck up to firangis like the other Zoysa guy who was asking Tony Greig ... "What is the record English opening partnership Tony ..." Tony Greig in reply "You're supposed to be Sri Lankan" ....

Come on man ... have some pride...!!!

That Zoysa guy seriously sucks......

Gets stuck while saying a sentence & his accent is also not that good...
 
LOVE Sanath! His commentary in slightly broken English is marvelously entertaining. It's grand to have him back. I don't think Sky Sports will be employing him any time soon, however, and not just because he's already doing a job for Ten Cricket. :)) :jayasuriya
 
Today displaying that he doesn't understand the DRS system RE Dilshan, being thoroughly out-debated by Atherton. Bloody hell Sanath.

Fire this mumbling ignoramus immediately.
 
Atleast he is sporting a tie with a half-sleeve shirt.
 
Today displaying that he doesn't understand the DRS system RE Dilshan, being thoroughly out-debated by Atherton. Bloody hell Sanath.

Fire this mumbling ignoramus immediately.

Another gem from today.......

"Dilshan. Fined. For. Unlimited. Appealing......"

:))!
 
Back with the bang!!!

"Sanath, how do you describe that delivery from Rangana Herath?" - Sanjay Manjrekar.

Sanath Jayasuriya: "Well,...... Sanjay................... "

The entire world waits for an answer which never came. Maybe "Sanjay" was the description of that delivery:)).
 
He is a rubbish commentators but some of lines he says are quite hilarious .
 
This thread (some posts) makes Jayasuriya look like a biased commentator. I find the SL commentators decent. maybe except Arrnoldd.... :)
 
Hey atleast he brings some comedy to cricket.
Waqar Younis and Sanath Jayasuriya = most hilarious commentating partnership in cricket.

I see the puss coming out too Sanath. It's alive!!
 
Just remembered this from today´s match......

"That was an arm ball who came in.... " - Sanath Jayasuriya.

"Who":))!
 
i caught a few overs during the first ODI and the commentary was so disappointing to say the least. Also the commentators are endorsing products while match is in progress which is highly irritating and shameful.Not sure if Jaya does this though.
 
Just read through this thread...suffice to say ive now got hiccups lol :))):))):)))
 
sanath makes some good points and Arnold is a good speaker. can't have it all i guess.

disappointing commie panel: Arun Lal the geography professor, Sanath the 'the' guy, Tony 'i hate India' Greig, Roshan who could cure insomnia. only Sanjay is decent but he can't carry it on its own.

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Heard his commentary after a long time in the first SL/Ind ODI. Great stuff as usual, arguably the best Asian commentator going.
 
Great relief for my ears very soon - Russel Arnold will be back to the comm box from 4th ODI(hopefully no more Jayasuriya from then on). So I guess its just one more ODI to bear with this torture that is called Sanath Jayasuriya The Commentator(?).
 
Sanath's commentary will be folklore in the years to come. Forget Sidhuism, here's Sanathism.
 
Sanath's commentary will be folklore in the years to come. Forget Sidhuism, here's Sanathism.

dude dont even compare sidhu to sanath. sidhu speaks hilarious nonsense but he speaks good english.

the sanath's the english is the not good to put it mildly. not even wickut to wickut english the it is.
 
Sanath's commentary will be folklore in the years to come. Forget Sidhuism, here's Sanathism.
dude dont even compare sidhu to sanath. sidhu speaks hilarious nonsense but he speaks good english.

the sanath's the english is the not good to put it mildly. not even wickut to wickut english the it is.

I think he was being sarcastic:).
 
Talking about cars:

What about you, Sanath?" - Arun Lal.

"I like all..... " - Sanath Jayasuriya.

"No,... I meant which one you have" - Arun Lal.

"Me....? Great ball by.... Thisara Perera" - Sanath Jayasuriya.

Where´s the answer:))?
 
talking about cars:

what about you, sanath?" - arun lal.

"i like all..... " - sanath jayasuriya.

"no,... I meant which one you have" - arun lal.

"me....? Great ball by.... Thisara perera" - sanath jayasuriya.

Where´s the answer:))?

hehehheeh
 
i think his car's name is "great ball by thisara perera"

I don´t dispute that, particularly considering this one.....

"Sanath, how do you describe that delivery from Rangana Herath?" - Sanjay Manjrekar.

Sanath Jayasuriya: "Well,...... Sanjay................... "

The entire world waits for an answer which never came. Maybe "Sanjay" was the description of that delivery:)).
 
Fast bowlers at start bowl left arm over the wicket, he's bowling left arm around the wicket, they try to stay wickut to wickut
 
Tony asks him to describe something... he says next ball I will do it. He forgets to do it.
 
On a general note from the few overs I watched, how much are they paid to describe the port?
 
Worst commentator on God's Green Earth by a kilo-country-mile. He's an embarrassing to all commentators.
 
Ah guys, worst commentator is one and only Russell Arnold followed by Stutter Ali Khan. Jayasuriya, I agree, isn't a natural but, isn't as bad as the above two. Of the new guys who have come into the commentary say in last 2-3 years, I find Sourav Ganguly to be brilliant. His bindaas captaincy attitude shows when he speaks.

Anyone find Mr. Harsha Bhogle annoying? He gets on my nerves more often than not..
 
Harsha is a very good commie. Ramiz too is excellent, probably those are the best from Asia with Amir Sohail just behind.
 
Ah guys, worst commentator is one and only Russell Arnold followed by Stutter Ali Khan. Jayasuriya, I agree, isn't a natural but, isn't as bad as the above two. Of the new guys who have come into the commentary say in last 2-3 years, I find Sourav Ganguly to be brilliant. His bindaas captaincy attitude shows when he speaks.

Anyone find Mr. Harsha Bhogle annoying? He gets on my nerves more often than not..

Add me to the above bolded part's list. My aversion to his commentary started post 2003 world cup. He has got into a habit of speaking non-stop nonsense/verbal diarrhea like craptastic sidhu these days. I guess he thinks speaking rubbish that too very fast that not many can able to comprehend is a style. I have seen many presentation ceremonies in recent times where he made himself look like a fool by speaking/shooting(literally a tracer bullet) a question to the player in such a way they didn't know what hit them :P

To me none from Asia are too exciting to listen to (partly because of their poor language flow and partly because of the tripe that they spout most of the time). The ones with good command over English are too bad with their repetitiveness(Shastri bot/Rambo) and unbearable bias/chamchagiri to their country/or a particular player (SunnyG).

IMHO, Sanjay Manjrekar is the best of the lot from Asia(My favt).

But Worst would be having the combination of Stutter ali, sanath, Bird Expert Arun lal, LSRK and add anything and everything anti-india Tony Bald Head Greig to the combo (recipe for the disaster).

(P.S.The one cricketer I would really love to have in comm box purely due the kind of analysis that he is making/writing these days would be Aakash Chopra (the guy has got a very good cricketing brain/excellent Articulator as well besides having guts to call a spade a spade)
 
apart form his inability to string a sentence still a better commie than the channel nine sides and Zaheer abbas
 
Zaheer Abbas and Jayasuriya take the same amount of time constructing a sentence, albeit the former speaks very s.....l....o.....w.....l.....y while the latter fails to co-n$t£Fct a bloody sentence.

Both of whom finally end up saying the same thing.
 
Whatcha talkin bout willis. Sanath is the bwoss behind the mic. Don't hate, Appreciate!
 
Anyone suffering from depression please go through this thread:).
 
Sanath come back to commentatory box please.

Too bad he wasnt in the BPL :( really missed his presence in the comm box
 
You are probably the only one missing uncle puss :D
 
Who wants to start an uncle puss fan club. Any one with me? If so raise your off tump
 
As IAJ just bumped a really funny but old classic thread I thought I would bump this one.

Some of the lines by Jaya are so funny :)))

I'm literally bursting with laughter reading some of his commentary lines.

Can we somehow bring him back - he was entertaining :misbah
 
"Suranga Lakmal..... will.... swing hard into Alastair Cook......"

What is that now:))?!!!

Nearly spat out my chocolate milk reading this thread and especially this quote.

What a legend. [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] please tell me you've see this thread it's pure gold. :))) :))) :)))
 
Unfortunately might not get to hear the legend on the mic any time soon. Been caught up with something something just recently :))
 
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