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The guy is annoying. All I can hear is aaaahhhh, oooooohh, phwoaaaar, hahahaha.
 
Just heard him say Maxwell is like AB Devillers - wow really:srt
 
Damien Fleming is annoying initially. But he grows on you.
 
His commentary is extremely insightful. Especially when he said "hohohohoho hohohohoho" when Maxwell was hitting out. Never learnt more about the game.
 
warne is the worst commentator there is. just so self absorbed.
 
Unfortunately he has been Healified and the Ch 9 commentary team is indistinguishable from a baboon troupe during its mating season.
 
I'd say the Aussie commentators, including Warne, are the second best (After the English). They keep everything lively even during dull parts of the game.
 
Shane Warne commentary

Wasim Akram continues to be the guy to give me chuckles.

"Two boundaries..... Healthy for health."
 
DHONI183 said:
Wasim Akram continues to be the guy to give me chuckles.

"Two boundaries..... Healthy for health."
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Still no as good as Waqar in his commentary days.

Commie: X player averages XX.

Waqar: Well I wouldn't go that far....
 
msaaim89 said:
I'd say the Aussie commentators, including Warne, are the second best (After the English). They keep everything lively even during dull parts of the game.
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Aussies followed by the English for me. Aussies are a bit more straight talking.
 
Anyone else notice Warne's annoying tendency to interrupt the other guy speaking and finish their sentence for them?
 
The English commies are best. I especially like Nasser Hussain. :nasser
 
Warne is excellent when commenting on the technical aspects of the game. I dont think it gets any better than that. Maybe Ian Chappell.

Athers and Bumble are pretty good as well.
 
He seems to always have an agenda to push and makes his opinions as facts.

Very self absorbed tbh.
 
in_cutter said:
The guy is annoying. All I can hear is aaaahhhh, oooooohh, phwoaaaar, hahahaha.
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Not to forget, the hmm.. hmm he keeps pulling in every now and then.

I wont be too harsh if i thought he had pies stuffed in his mouth while sitting in there?
 
Love the insight Warne brings to the commentary box. He might be the best at making the dull moments more lively, but does a great job of explaining a thought process of a bowler/batsmen/captain in various situations.

Wasim Akram was a great bowler of his time but currently he is by far the most unprofessional commentator at the World Cup. Apart from his grammatical errors that dominate his stay in the commentary box, he gets carried away with his association with Pakistan cricket and either criticizes the players to an extreme or give them unnecessary credit... and when things get rough, he will read out every single statistic that appears on the screen.
 
Don't know whether you guys get this, but the Hindi commentary on ESPN here in the States is hilariously, peppered with a lot of gems. Can enliven even the most boring match- especially considering the fact that the matches are in the middle of the night here. Shoaib Malik with his cheeky one-liners is funny like s***
 
Its funny because I find warne as one of the best commentators around.

Way better than Ramiz and even wasim.
 
Has warne ever commentated at the same time as Danny Morrison? I cant even imagine the amount of hype every delivery would be.
 
In today's match, i dont know how many times he said Afghanistan are playing against no. 1 ranked team in the world.
 
Warne was pretty good a few months ago. Now he has also turned into a Aussie homer like Healy, Mark Taylor etc... May be he got instructions from his Masters or something. But he still is pretty good.

If you have watched the final 30 minutes of Aus-NZ low scoring match, I loved the commentary. It looked like a couple of fans bantering when Warne/Ian Smith/Doull were in the commie box. You could sense the tension in Ian Smith's voice. Warne was confident that Aus would win... Made the match even more interesting.
 
Fleming can be quite insightful when discussing swing bowling. He is an acquired taste.

My favourite new comer to the commentary box in recent times is Styris. Knows his cricket, knows his cricketers, and remembers a lot of games from yesteryear.
 
He has great technical knowledge of spin bowling and I like hearing him when a leg spinner is on specifically. Other than that, he is neither good nor bad.
 
Saqs said:
Fleming can be quite insightful when discussing swing bowling. He is an acquired taste.

My favourite new comer to the commentary box in recent times is Styris. Knows his cricket, knows his cricketers, and remembers a lot of games from yesteryear.
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Yep, best new comer is scot styris. But nasir hussain is best.
 
green_wave said:
What about Danny morrison ?
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Most annoying commentator ever. I got no idea how people love this guy, he is so irritating.

Shane Warne always provides insight regarding the game which most commentators don't do. Not only he predicts what a captain,bowler, batsman is about to do, he explains the the intentions and he even criticize them. He is awesome to listen to. STOP HATING :sami
 
It's the Ch.9isms and the noises and the impossibly broad Australian accent of Warne that makes listening to him annoying at times. Perhaps he should take up writing on cricket, which would spare us of the above, and let him focus on what he's very good at, technical analysis and expressing his knowledge very clearly.
 
Thivagar said:
Most annoying commentator ever. I got no idea how people love this guy, he is so irritating.

Shane Warne always provides insight regarding the game which most commentators don't do. Not only he predicts what a captain,bowler, batsman is about to do, he explains the the intentions and he even criticize them. He is awesome to listen to. STOP HATING :sami
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I agree. Danny Morrison is not funny.
 
dildilpak said:
Don't know whether you guys get this, but the Hindi commentary on ESPN here in the States is hilariously, peppered with a lot of gems. Can enliven even the most boring match- especially considering the fact that the matches are in the middle of the night here. Shoaib Malik with his cheeky one-liners is funny like s***
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you sure im yet to click on hindi commentary yet, im scared of sidhu and etc snoozefest
 
I quite like Warnie. Wonderful insights and asoothing voice
 
Warne no doubt is a very poor commentator and now that he has added these annoying noises to his repertoire he has become almost unbearable. Too bad Hussain didn't apologize to Srini mama otherwise he would have been here. Nasser is by far the best commie in the business, great voice, analytical and not shy to call it how be sees it.
 
BlackThunder said:
Warne no doubt is a very poor commentator and now that he has added these annoying noises to his repertoire he has become almost unbearable. Too bad Hussain didn't apologize to Srini mama otherwise he would have been here. Nasser is by far the best commie in the business, great voice, analytical and not shy to call it how be sees it.
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Agreed..Nasser is by far the most complete commentator on tv right now...never bores you, technical analysis is genuinely insightful and like you said,never minces his words.

and speaking of the whole donkey controversy, i still cant get over this take on the situation. :))

http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post-donkeys-outraged-by-nasser-hussain-s-comment-1587398
 
leatherface58 said:
Can't beat Wasim's epic WHADDASHOT!!! for unintentional guffaws.
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My favourite was just as Pakistan won the T20 World Cup.

He said "laugh, laught last laugh" or something like that.

What he meant to say was that he had the last laugh after being mocked for picking pakistan to win the World Cup.
 
Harsha is the worst by far, tries to hard to sound like something he isn't just get to the point. ian botham as well always sounds like he is sulking when England lose.

i actually think atherton and nick knight are 2 of the best commies on sky not forgetting Bumble. but they do have a good team barring botham, strauss
 
silentkiller187 said:
Harsha is the worst by far, tries to hard to sound like something he isn't just get to the point. ian botham as well always sounds like he is sulking when England lose.

i actually think atherton and nick knight are 2 of the best commies on sky not forgetting Bumble. but they do have a good team barring botham, strauss
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Someone's hair transplant didn't go well :kohli
 
Michael Holding and Ian Bishop are quite good, I especially like Michael Holding.
 
Shane Warne commentary

Random Aussie said:
Still no as good as Waqar in his commentary days.

Commie: X player averages XX.

Waqar: Well I wouldn't go that far....
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Hahaha, you still remember all that?!

Here´s how it went, by the way.....

Mike Haysman: Misbah has averaged 43 in the last 10 ODIs (which was a true statistic).

Waqar: Well I wouldn´t go that far.

Waqar Younis will forever go down as my all-time favourite commentators. It was literally impossible to go through a period of even 15 minutes without laughing when he commentated. Oh´ God I so miss those days:(! There´s even a trend on Twitter named "#WaqarGems".

Anyway, since you made me feel nostalgic, you will get a reward for that one:

"(Mahela) Jayawardene isn't playing. His wife has given birth to a baby girl" - Russel Arnold.

"That was an easy delivery..... " - Waqar Younis.

*He said this when they were showing the replay of the previous delivery. However, the timing made it sound very funny.*
 
Sanath Jayasuriya was funny too. The puss is coming out of the wickut! :yk
 
Best one was Tony Grieg.

I really like David Gower and LLyod..

English commies are really good
 
Stewie said:
Warne is excellent when commenting on the technical aspects of the game. I dont think it gets any better than that. Maybe Ian Chappell.

Athers and Bumble are pretty good as well.
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Ian Bishop is also good when it comes to technical aspects especially for fast bowling. It took him 9 bowls from Irfan during Pak v WI game to highlight flaws in his action that were not only affecting his line / length but also causing him hip injuries because he was not following through with his action. Granted Irfan might be doing so just because of his tender hip....
 
DHONI183 said:
Anyway, since you made me feel nostalgic, you will get a reward for that one:

"(Mahela) Jayawardene isn't playing. His wife has given birth to a baby girl" - Russel Arnold.

"That was an easy delivery..... " - Waqar Younis.

*He said this when they were showing the replay of the previous delivery. However, the timing made it sound very funny.*
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Hahaha...Hilarious
 
Shane Warne commentary

dildilpak said:
Hahaha...Hilarious
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"Ajmal is a churby guy.... "

"Churby" is not an English word by any stretch of the imagination, but this commentary gem belongs to the days when a lot of people even here on PP were complaining about Saeed having put on some weight; and "churby" is the word in our languages for "fat".

So you see, you just need to have deep thinking in order to decode his commentary gems.
 
Big Mac said:
What did he say?
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He said I am all for technology. I do not agree with Bat size criticism. Manufacturers should make a bigger bats as possible. Just drag the boundaries 5 meters back than where they stand now.
 
If you’ve listened to the Big Bash League (BBL) commentary this summer, you’ll have heard Ricky Ponting cop plenty of stick for being part of a committee that ruled to regulate bat sizes.

Players’ bats are huge these days, characterised by massive edges, and there’s a push prevent them becoming any bigger so mis-hits don’t sail to or over the rope as happens so frequently these days.

But while you often hear complaints about bat manufacturers making their product too big and ruining the contest between bat and ball, how often do you hear about the other side of the coin?

Shane Warne says people should stop whingeing about bat sizes and more thought should go into what advances can be made when it comes to designing the ball to make cricket more even-handed.

“I bet you wouldn’t be talking about the big bats as much if we had more of a contest between bat and ball,” Warne said. “If the ball seamed and swung a bit more, if we made the grounds bigger, we would not be talking about the bats.

“Why are we not talking about the ball? We have never changed it for a long, long
time. The bats have changed, the pads have changed, the protective equipment have changed, why not the ball?

“If we did something to the ball, make it a harder or bigger seam, have some more grass on the pitches, make the grounds as big as they can possibly be ... then I don’t think the bat size becomes an issue.

“Why not make the seam bigger onto the ball? Why can’t we make the stitching bigger? Why can’t we make it do more?

“That means you take the whole of this silly chat about the size of the bat out of the equation.”

His rant came about when David Warner was going berserk in the second innings. He has one of the thickest bats in world cricket and monstered fours and sixes at will, racing to a half century off just 23 balls — the second fastest in Test history — before he was out for 55.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...s/news-story/fd09ddd5b1626fe28f2d577333efae3e
 
Well, he's kinda right about how silly it is to limit the edge size on bats
 
Big Mac said:
Well, he's kinda right about how silly it is to limit the edge size on bats
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Why do you think that,yes w.r.t boundaries should be increased then i get it but if not its a valid argument?
 
Big Mac said:
Well, he's kinda right about how silly it is to limit the edge size on bats
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How is it silly ? He wants cricket balls to catch up with cricket bats rather than prevent the advancement of bats. Either both are enhanced or limit on bat sizes.
 
MenInG said:
If you’ve listened to the Big Bash League (BBL) commentary this summer, you’ll have heard Ricky Ponting cop plenty of stick for being part of a committee that ruled to regulate bat sizes.

Players’ bats are huge these days, characterised by massive edges, and there’s a push prevent them becoming any bigger so mis-hits don’t sail to or over the rope as happens so frequently these days.

But while you often hear complaints about bat manufacturers making their product too big and ruining the contest between bat and ball, how often do you hear about the other side of the coin?

Shane Warne says people should stop whingeing about bat sizes and more thought should go into what advances can be made when it comes to designing the ball to make cricket more even-handed.

“I bet you wouldn’t be talking about the big bats as much if we had more of a contest between bat and ball,” Warne said. “If the ball seamed and swung a bit more, if we made the grounds bigger, we would not be talking about the bats.

“Why are we not talking about the ball? We have never changed it for a long, long
time. The bats have changed, the pads have changed, the protective equipment have changed, why not the ball?

“If we did something to the ball, make it a harder or bigger seam, have some more grass on the pitches, make the grounds as big as they can possibly be ... then I don’t think the bat size becomes an issue.

“Why not make the seam bigger onto the ball? Why can’t we make the stitching bigger? Why can’t we make it do more?

“That means you take the whole of this silly chat about the size of the bat out of the equation.”

His rant came about when David Warner was going berserk in the second innings. He has one of the thickest bats in world cricket and monstered fours and sixes at will, racing to a half century off just 23 balls — the second fastest in Test history — before he was out for 55.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...s/news-story/fd09ddd5b1626fe28f2d577333efae3e
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Our already glucose deficient player will retire if the boundaries get any bigger.
 
JaDed said:
Why do you think that,yes w.r.t boundaries should be increased then i get it but if not its a valid argument?
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The modern bat design with exaggerated scalloping to create larger edges means the sweet spot is larger but the ball doesn't go any further, it's a matter of physics. Middling it with a 2lb 7oz won't propel the ball further than when players in the 60's or 70's middled it with a bat that weighed more than 3lbs.

Look at the biggest sixes hit now, with these supposedly unfair bats and stronger players who train specifically to hit the ball as far as they can in T20s. If the ball was regularly being hit out of the stadium then people moaning about bats would have a point, but it's not.

The biggest six at the WACA is probably still this one from Mark Waugh:

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and Albert Trott hit the ball over the Lords Pavilion over a century ago and nobody has repeated the feat since despite huge bats

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B05MaboL-7k?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


People focussing on the bat sizes are barking up the wrong tree.
 
Big Mac said:
The modern bat design with exaggerated scalloping to create larger edges means the sweet spot is larger but the ball doesn't go any further, it's a matter of physics. Middling it with a 2lb 7oz won't propel the ball further than when players in the 60's or 70's middled it with a bat that weighed more than 3lbs.

Look at the biggest sixes hit now, with these supposedly unfair bats and stronger players who train specifically to hit the ball as far as they can in T20s. If the ball was regularly being hit out of the stadium then people moaning about bats would have a point, but it's not.

The biggest six at the WACA is probably still this one from Mark Waugh:



and Albert Trott hit the ball over the Lords Pavilion over a century ago and nobody has repeated the feat since despite huge bats




People focussing on the bat sizes are barking up the wrong tree.
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The moaning is more about edges going for six which imo is true,even for tailenders which didn't happen before and don't think the tailenders practice to hit the ball to third man six.

Middling is a diff issue and I agree on your logic.
 
JaDed said:
The moaning is more about edges going for six which imo is true,even for tailenders which didn't happen before and don't think the tailenders practice to hit the ball to third man six.

Middling is a diff issue and I agree on your logic.
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Bat manufacturers and Willow suppliers will probably be happy with the new regulations, they can get more bats out of their willow if it means that club cricketers stop asking for bats the same size as Warner.
 
SHANE Warne is looming as the key battleground for Fox Sports and Channel 7.

Cricket’s new broadcast rights holders have committed to assembling different commentary teams when they replace Channel 9 as official broadcast partner in the summer of 2018-19.

The end of Channel 9’s 40-years as the free-to-air broadcaster of Test cricket in Australia leaves Seven and Fox Sports in a race to sign up on-camera talent.

Warne has reportedly been identified by both Seven and Fox as a key plank in the teams they are aiming to assemble.

It comes after Fox announced it has already signed Aussie cricket legend Adam Gilchrist to become the face of its cricket coverage.

However, Foxtel’s sports arm also has ambitions to lure Warne, Fairfax Media reported on Monday.

Warne’s high-profile agent James Erskine said Channel 9 is also in the mix for Warne, leaving the spin king in the middle of a three-way tussle.

Erskine told Fairfax only Fox Sports has reached out to him thus far — and stressed Warne will speak with Nine first before weighing up any offer to leave the former home of cricket.


The same report claims Seven has already made an internal decision to chase Warne, but are yet to make their move.

Seven is yet to announce the personality that will champion their cricket coverage.

Cricket’s $1.2 billion rights revolution, announced earlier in April, saw Seven and Fox Sports agree to a simulcast deal for Australia’s domestic Tests.

In the deal announced by Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland on April 13, Fox Sports will have exclusive rights to Australia’s ODI’s and Twenty20 internationals.

The pay TV service will also have 16 of the 59 Big Bash games exclusive each season.

The huge interest in the Big Bash has seen popular former Channel 10 Big Bash commentator Gilchrist headhunted by Fox, while, Seven announced last week former Channel 10 Big Bash boss Dave Barham has been appointed head of Seven’s cricket coverage.

Fox has announced Gilchrist will also be the face of its test cricket coverage.

“Gilly is one of the most loved cricketers of all time. He will lead the Fox Cricket coverage working across all three forms of the game,” Fox Sports boss Patrick Delany said.

“Fans love his opinion and analysis, the way he combines pure class and humour.

“In the same way he set a new standard for what a wicket keeper-batsman did in today’s game, Gilly will be the perfect person to front the most innovate cricket coverage on TV.

“We are building a formidable team.”

Fox Sports’ new era of cricket begins during Australia’s Test and one-day series against Pakistan which will be played in the UAE, beginning in October.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...e/news-story/1085e29000db138967ead4616fdaa723
 
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