Thread: Cricket commentary

I hear ya Rob, I now have to provide my own commentary with the sound turned down.... Missus doesn't like that too much though...

I agree with you.

oh I dunno,, you guys need to parkup your Stanley Steamers and buy newer hearing aids.

Though I must admit the World Cup commentary arrangements are hard to follow--
who's that speaking now??

I thought this was an excellent article which summarized all the reasons I find Channel 9's cricket commentary so annoying nowdays.
I watch the cricket to hear people who are supposed to know their stuff explain the ins and outs of what I'm seeing on the screen.
Instead, what I mostly get is a bunch of Aussie lads clowning about the old days when Oz was dominant, how great they were and so on. As if I care.
The writer's comment about how interesting it was when Michael Clarke briefly commented and actually talked about the finer points of what was going on was spot on. I know these other commentators know about cricket, but it's like they're bored by the details and just want to boof around.
That would never have happened in the days of Tony Greig, Bill Lawry, Alan McGilvray, Richie Benaud and so on.
Seriously, I now turn the sound down so its easier to ignore the carp and watch the pictures for myself.


PS: I thought there was a recent thread about cricket commentary, but I couldn't find it, so I posted this instead. If that thread really is out there, mods feel free to merge the threads.




Just not cricket

Well done mods, that was fast!. Obviously, I was looking in the wrong section...

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Well done mods, that was fast!. Obviously, I was looking in the wrong section...

I'm not just a pretty face, you know.

BTW, have you tried Google search at the bottom of the page? (I knew where Robert's post was as I moved it originally.)

No, I thought it was in General Chat so I looked there. My bad.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I thought this was an excellent article which summarized all the reasons I find Channel 9's cricket commentary so annoying nowdays.
I watch the cricket to hear people who are supposed to know their stuff explain the ins and outs of what I'm seeing on the screen.
Instead, what I mostly get is a bunch of Aussie lads clowning about the old days when Oz was dominant, how great they were and so on. As if I care.
The writer's comment about how interesting it was when Michael Clarke briefly commented and actually talked about the finer points of what was going on was spot on. I know these other commentators know about cricket, but it's like they're bored by the details and just want to boof around.
That would never have happened in the days of Tony Greig, Bill Lawry, Alan McGilvray, Richie Benaud and so on.
Seriously, I now turn the sound down so its easier to ignore the carp and watch the pictures for myself.


PS: I thought there was a recent thread about cricket commentary, but I couldn't find it, so I posted this instead. If that thread really is out there, mods feel free to merge the threads.




Just not cricket

It was an interesting article. Without the older guys there to keep the younger ones inline and less of a mates show they've really degenerated. It was interesting with the world cup commentary for the one match I've seen how much different they were and more restrained in their commentary.

Besides once you involve Brayshaw in anything its not worth listening to.