List of cricket commentators

This is a list of media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket.

A number of famous players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.

Name	First-class / List A career	Broadcaster/Publication
Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka 1997-2007 Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993-2007 World XI Chennai Superstars	TEN Sports 2009–present
Ranil Abeynaike	Bedfordshire 1982 Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990	TEN Sports 2004–2011 Nimbus Sport 2006–2011
Karunaratne Abeysekera	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation First ever Sinhala cricket commentator
H. D. Ackerman	South Africa 1998	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Jonathan Agnew	Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992 England 1984–1985	BBC (Test Match Special) 1991–present The People 1990–1991 BBC Television 1999, 2006–2009 ABC ?-present
Wasim Akram	Pakistan 1985–2003	ESPN Star Sports 2003–present
Terry Alderman	Australia 1981–1991	ABC ?-present
Paul Allott	Lancashire 1978–1991 England 1981–1985	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–present
Rex Alston	None	BBC Radio 1945–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1964
John Arlott	None	BBC Radio 1946–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980 The Guardian 1968–1980
Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh 1988–1998	Independent Television 2013–present Nimbus Sport
Mike Atherton	Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001	Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph The Times TalkSPORT 2004–2005 Sky Sports 2005–present
Trevor Bailey (1923 - 2011)	Essex 1946–1967 England 1949–1959	BBC (Test Match Special) 1967–1999
Jack Bannister (1930 - 2016)	Warwickshire 1950–1968	BBC Television 1984–1998 TalkSPORT 2001–2015
Richie Benaud (1930-2015)	New South Wales 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964	BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007 Nine Network 1977–2015 Channel 4 1999–2005 Channel Five 2009
Harsha Bhogle	None	ABC 1991–present ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC 1998–
Ian Bishop	West Indies 1989–1998	Sky Sports 2005–present Channel 4 2000-2004 SABC Television 2005–2008 Channel 5 2007-2009
Greg Blewett	South Australia 1991–2007 Australia 1995–2000	Sky Sports 2009–
Henry Blofeld	Cambridge University 1958–1960	BBC (Test Match Special) 1972–1991, 1994–present Sky Sports 1991–1994
Ian Botham	Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1996–present
Geoffrey Boycott	Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982	Sky Sports 1990–1998 BBC Television 1993–98 TalkSPORT 1998–2003 ESPN Star Sports 1997–2005 Channel 4 2004–2005 BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–present Channel Five 2006–present
James Brayshaw	Western Australia 1987–1990 South Australia 1990–1997	Nine Network 2007–
Freddie Brown	England 1931–1953	BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–69
Jim Burke	Australia 1951–1959
Chris Cairns	New Zealand 1989–2004	Fox Sports Australia 2012–present
Greg Chappell	South Australia 1966–1973 Queensland 1973–1984 Somerset 1968–1969 Australia 1970–1984	Nine Network 1989–1994
Ian Chappell	South Australia 1961–1980 Lancashire 1963 Australia 1964–1980	Nine Network 1980–present ESPN Star sports 2007–present Channel 5 2009
Michael Charlton	None	ABC ?–? BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series);	Nimbus Sport
Denis Compton	England 1937–1957	BBC Television 1958–75 Sunday Express
Jeremy Coney	Wellington 1971–1987 New Zealand 1974–1987	Sports Roundup/Radio Sport 1990–2000 Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2004
Dominic Cork	Derbyshire 1990–2003 Lancashire 2004–2008 Hampshire 2009–2011 England 1992–2002	BBC (Test Match Special) 2010 –present Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–present Talksport 2013–present Sky Sports 2011–present
Jamie Cox	Tasmania 1987–2005
Tony Cozier	None	Barbados Daily News 1961–1969 Nine Network 1977–1992 ABC ?–? Sky Sports BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–2015 (West Indian series against England and some World Cups)
Peter Cranmer	Warwickshire 1934–1954	BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968
Martin Crowe (1962 - 2016)	New Zealand 1982–1995	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006
Craig Cumming	Canterbury 1995–2000 Otago 2000–2015 New Zealand 2005–2009	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2014
Aravinda De Silva	Sri Lanka 1984–2003	Sky Sports 2006
Ted Dexter	Sussex 1956–1968 England 1958–1968	BBC Television 1968-19??
Allan Donald	South Africa 1991–2003
Simon Doull	New Zealand 1992–2000	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006–
Jeff Dujon	Jamaica 1974–1993 West Indies 1981–1991	Sky Sports
Matthew Engel	None	The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Farokh Engineer	India 1961–1975	BBC (Test Match Special)
Ranjit Fernando	Ceylon 1964–1978 Sri Lanka 1975	Ten Sports 2004–2009
Jack Fingleton	New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938
Damien Fleming	Australia 1994–2001	ABC ?-present
Tom Fordyce	None	BBC Live Text
Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler	Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994 England 1982–1985	BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005
Angus Fraser	Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999	BBC (Test Match Special) The Independent 2002–
David Frith	None	The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979–1996
Mike Gatting	Middlesex 1975–1998 England 1977–1994	BBC (Test Match Special)
Sunil Gavaskar	Mumbai 1966–1988 Somerset 1980 India 1971–1987	ESPN Star Sports 1992– BCCI BBC (Test Match Special)
Alan Gibson (1923 - 1997)	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1962–1975 The Times
Arthur Gilligan	England 1922–1925
Graham Gooch	Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992	Test Match Special 2002–2009
David Gower	Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992	BBC Television1995–1999 Sky Sports1999–present Sunday Times
Tom Graveney (1927 - 2015)	England 1951–1969
Tony Greig (1946 - 2012)	Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977	Nine Network 1979–2012 Channel 4 2005 TEN Sports
Bob Harvie	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Mike Haysman	Leicestershire –	SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports
Ian Healy	Queensland 1986–1999 Australia 1988–1999	Nine Network 1999–present
Michael Holding	West Indies 1975–1987	Sky Sports Nine Network 1992–present
David Hookes	South Australia 1975–1992 Australia 1977–1986
Robert Hudson	None	BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968
Simon Hughes	Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993	The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005 Channel 5 2006–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–present
Nasser Hussain	Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004	Sky Sports 2004–present
Ray Illingworth	England 1958–1973	BBC Television 1984-1993
Robin Jackman	England 1974–1983	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Brian Johnston	None	BBC Television 1946–1970 BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994
Dean Jones	Australia 1984–1992	ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006 Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010
Nick Knight	Warwickshire 1991–2006 England 1995–2003	Sky Sports 2006–present
Jim Laker	England 1948–1959	BBC Television 1969–1985
Arun Lal	India 1982–1989	Nimbus Sport 2003– TEN Sports 2010–
Gavin Larsen	Wellington 1984–1999 New Zealand 1990–1999
Geoff Lawson	Australia 1989–2004	ABC ?-present
Bill Lawry	Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971	Nine Network 1977–present
Darren Lehmann	Australia 1996–2005	Sky Sports 2005–2007
Tony Lewis	Glamorgan 1955–1974 England 1972–1973	BBC (Test Match Special) 1975–1984 The Sunday Telegraph 1975–1993 BBC Television 1984–1998
David Lloyd	Lancashire 1965–1983 England 1973–1980	Test Match Special 1992–1995 Sky Sports 1999–present
Simon Mann	None	BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996 BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–present
Sanjay Manjrekar	Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996	ESPN Star Sports 2009–present TEN Sports 2003–2009
Neil Manthorp	None	SuperSport (Super Cricket) BBC (Test Match Special) ABC ?-present Talksport 2003-2008
Vic Marks	Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988	The Observer 1989–present BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–present
Howard Marshall	None	BBC (BBC Radio) early 1930s–1945
Christopher Martin-Jenkins (1945 - 2013)	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985–2012 BBC Television 1980–1985 The Cricketer 1980–1990 Daily Telegraph 1990–1998 The Times 1998–2012
Jim Maxwell	None	ABC 1973–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– (Ashes series);
Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe 1996–2002	SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports
Alan McGilvray	New South Wales 1933–1937	ABC 1938–1985 BBC (Test Match Special) 1948–1985 (Ashes series)
Glenn Mitchell	None	ABC 1990–2011
Alison Mitchell	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 2003–present ABC 2014 ESPN Star sports 2013, 2014
Drew Morphett	None	ABC 197?-2015
Danny Morrison	New Zealand 1987–1997	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2000–present Fox Sports ABC ?-present
Don Mosey	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1991
Johnnie Moyes	South Australia 1912–1915 Victoria 1920–1921	ABC 1950–1963
Mark Nicholas	Hampshire 1978–1995	Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999–2005 Daily Telegraph Nine Network 2001–present Channel 5 2006–present
Kerry O'Keeffe	New South Wales 1968–1980 Australia 1971–1977	ABC 2001–2014
Cate McGregor	none	The Australian Australian Financial Review The Spectator[1]
Shaun Pollock	KwaZulu Natal 1992-2004 Warwickshire 1996-2002 South Africa 1995-2008	SuperSport 2008–present
Venkatesh Prasad	India 1996–2001	SET Max 2003
Norton Pereira	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Rameez Raja	Servis Industries 1977–1978 Punjab 1978 Lahore City 1979–1983, 1985–1987, 1992–1993 Allied Bank Limited 1983–1984, 1994–1998 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1988–1991 Islamabad 1994 Pakistan 1984–1997	TEN Sports BBC (Test Match Special)
Dermot Reeve	Sussex 1983–1987 Warwickshire 1988–1996 Somerset 1998 Marylebone Cricket Club 1990 England 1991–1996	Channel 4 1999–2005
Barry Richards	South Africa 1970	TEN Sports
Mark Richardson	New Zealand 2000–2004	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006–present The Crowd Goes Wild 2006–present
Vic Richardson	Australia 1927-1936	ABC 1929-?
R C Robertson-Glasgow	Somerset 1920–1935	The Morning Post The Observer
Peter Roebuck (1956 - 2011)	Somerset 1974–1991	ABC 2001–2011
Mike Selvey	Surrey 1968–1971 Middlesex 1972–1982 Glamorgan 1983–1984 England 1976–1977	BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–2008 The Guardian 1985–present
Ravi Shastri	Mumbai 1979–1994 Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991 India 1981–1992	ESPN Star sports 1994–present BCCI 2006–present
Navjot Singh Sidhu	Punjab 1981–1999 India 1983–1999	ESPN Star sports 1999–2003 TEN Sports 2003–2004 NDTV 24x7 2006–2009 Times Now 2010–present
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	India1983–1987	Nimbus Sport BCCI
Michael Slater	New South Wales 1991–2001 Australia 1993–2001	Channel 4 2001–2005 Sky Sports 2006 ABC ?-? Nine Network 2006–present
Ed Smith	Middlesex 2005-2008 Kent 1996-2004	BBC (Test Match Special)
Ian Smith	New Zealand 1980–1992	Sky Sport (New Zealand) Channel 4 1999-2003
Aamer Sohail	Lahore 1983–1999 Habib Bank Limited 1987–1992 Allied Bank Limited 1995–2001 Karachi 1998–1999 Lahore 2000–2001 Somerset 2001 Pakistan 1990–2000	Ten Sports 2001–present
Keith Stackpole	Australia 1966-1974	ABC ?-?
Scott Styris	New Zealand 2002–	Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006
E.W. Swanton	Middlesex 1937-8	BBC (Test Match Special) 1938–1975 BBC Television 1948–1967 The Daily Telegraph 1946–1975
Donna Symmonds	None	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988–? BBC (Test Match Special) 1998–2000?
Mark Taylor	New South Wales 1985–1999 Australia 1989–1999	Nine Network 1999–present
Fred Trueman	Yorkshire 1949–1969 England 1952–1965	BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1999
Phil Tufnell	Middlesex 1986–2002 England 1990–2001	BBC (Test Match Special) 2003–present
Michael Vaughan	Yorkshire 1993–2009 England 1999–2008	Channel 5 2009–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2009–present
Bryan Waddle	None	Radio Sport ABC ?-present
Ian Ward	Surrey 1992–2003 Sussex 2003–2005 England 2001	Sky Sports 2005–present
Shane Warne	Hampshire 2000–2007 Australia 1992–2006 Rajasthan Royals 2008–2010 Victoria 1990–2006	Nine Network 2008–present Sky Sports 2009–present ESPN Star sports 2012–present BCCI 2012–present
Kepler Wessels	Queensland 1979–1986 Australia 1982–1985 South Africa 1992–94 Sussex 1976–1980	SuperSport (Super Cricket)
Peter West	None	BBC Television 1952–1986
Arlo White	None	BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2008
Alan Wilkins	Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983 Gloucestershire 1980–1982	BBC 1987–1998 ESPN Star Sports 2000–present
Bob Willis	Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984	Sky Sports
Sourav Ganguly	Bengal 1989–2012 Lancashire 2000 Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2010 Pune Warriors India 2011–2012 India 1992–2008	ESPN Star sports 2010–present BCCI 2012–present
Rahul Dravid	Karnataka 1990–2012 Kent 2000 Scotland 2003 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008–2010 Rajasthan Royals 2011–2013 India 1996–2012	ESPN Star sports 2012–present ABC 2014–present BCCI 2012–present
John Woodcock	None	The Guardian The Times
Norman Yardley	Yorkshire 1935–1955 England 1938–1950	BBC (Test Match Special) 1956–1969
Waqar Younis	Karachi, Lahore, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Redco Pakistan Ltd, United Bank Limited 1989–2003 Surrey 1990–1993 Glamorgan 1997–1998 Warwickshire 2003 Pakistan 1989–2003	TEN Sports 2010–present
Charles Colville	None	Sky Sports 1990–present
Dean du Plessis	None	ESPNcricinfo 2001–present

See also

• List of Test cricketers
• List of ODI cricketers

References

1. Malcolm McGregor, The Spectator, 12 November 2011

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden online archive
• Channel 4 Cricket: Meet the Team
• Test Match Special Website
• Cricinfo Website
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Ball by Ball – The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9