List of cricket commentators

This is a list of notable media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket from around the world.

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. The following is a list of the cricket commentators, including name, nationality, Broadcaster/Publication and other careers.

Name	First–class / List A career	Broadcaster/Publication
Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka 1997–2007 Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993–2007 Chennai Superstars	TEN Sports 2009–present Star Sports Tamil 2019–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
Roshan Abeysinghe	None	TEN Sports 2010–present
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 2003–2015 Channel 4 1999–2002
Terry Alderman	Western Australia 1974–1963 Australia 1981–1991 Kent 1984–1986 Gloucestershire 1988	ABC ( Grandstand ) 1993–present [1]
Paul Allott	Lancashire 1978–1991 England 1981–1985	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–present
Rex Alston (1901–1994)	None	BBC Radio 1945–1957 [2] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1957–1964 [2]
John Arlott (1914–1991)	None	BBC Radio 1946–1957 [3] [4] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1957–1980 [4] 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 Channel 7 2021–22 Ashes Series [5]
Trevor Bailey (1923–2011)	Essex 1946–1967 England 1949–1959	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1967–1999 [6]
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 [7] Channel 9 1977–2013 [8] Channel 4 1999–2005 [7] Channel 5 2009 [9]
Harsha Bhogle	None	ABC 1991–present ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC 1998– Fox Cricket 2018–
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– Seven Network 2018–
Henry Blofeld	Cambridge University 1958–1960	ITV 1966–1969 BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1972–1991, 1994–2017 [10] [11] Sky Sports 1991–1992 [10]
Sir Ian Botham	Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992	BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–2019 [12] [13]
Sir Geoffrey Boycott	Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982	Sky Sports 1990–1998 BBC Television 1993–1998 TalkSPORT 1998–2003 Channel 4 2004–2005 BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2005–2020 [14] Channel 5 2006–2020
Carlos Brathwaite	Barbados 2010–present West Indies 2011–2019	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2020–? [15]
James Brayshaw	Western Australia 1987–1990 South Australia 1990–1997	Nine Network 2007–2016 [16] Seven Network 2018–
Freddie Brown (1910–1991)	England 1931–1953	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1957–69
Mark Butcher	Surrey 1992–2009 England 1997–2004	talkSPORT 2018–2019 [17] ITV Sport 2010–2014 Sky Sports 2018–present
Jim Burke	Australia 1951–1959
Chris Cairns	New Zealand 1989–2004	Fox Sports Australia 2012–present
Greg Chappell [lower-alpha 1]	South Australia 1966–1973 Queensland 1973–1984 Somerset 1968–1969 Australia 1970–1984	Channel 9 1989–1994
Ian Chappell [lower-alpha 1]	South Australia 1961–1980 Lancashire 1963 Australia 1964–1980	Channel 9 1980–2018 [18] ESPN Star sports 2007–present Channel 5 2009
Michael Charlton	None	ABC 1954–? [19] BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series) [19] [20] Nimbus Sport
Charles Colville	None	Sky Sports 1990–present
Denis Compton (1918–1997)	England 1937–1957 Middlesex 1936–58	BBC Television 1958–75 Sunday Express
Jeremy Coney	Wellington 1971–1987 New Zealand 1974–1987	Sports Roundup/Radio Sport 1990–2000 Sky Sport 2004
Sir Alastair Cook	Bedfordshire 2002 Essex 2003–present England 2006–2018	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2019–present [21] BBC Television 2020–present
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 (1940–2016)	None	Barbados Daily News 1961–1969 Nine Network 1977–1992 ABC  ?–? Sky Sports BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1966–2015 [22]
Peter Cranmer (1914–1994)	Warwickshire 1934–1954	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1965–1968 [23]
Martin Crowe (1962–2016)	New Zealand 1982–1995	Sky Sport 2006
Craig Cumming	Canterbury 1995–2000 Otago 2000–2015 New Zealand 2005–2009	Sky Sport 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 2006–
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 2014–2018 BCCI 2012–present
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 )
Premasara Epasinghe	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Percy Fender (1892–1985)	Sussex 1910–1913 Surrey 1914–1935 MCC 1920–1936 England 1921–1929	BBC Television 1946–? [24]
Ranjit Fernando	Ceylon 1964–1978 Sri Lanka 1975	Ten Sports 2004–2009
Jack Fingleton	New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938
Kate Fitzpatrick	None	Channel 9 (Australia) 1983 [25] [26]
Damien Fleming	Australia 1994–2001	ABC  ?–present Fox Sports 2010–2012 Ten Network 2013–2018 Channel 7 2018–present [27]
Tom Fordyce	None	BBC Live Text
Charles Fortune	None	SABC
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
C. B. Fry	Oxford University 1892–1895 Sussex 1894–1908 England 1895–1912	BBC Radio 1936–?
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
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 ) SuperSport 2018 [28]
Alan Gibson (1923–1997)	None	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1962–1975 The Times
Adam Gilchrist	New South Wales 1992–1994 Western Australia 1994–2008 Deccan Chargers 2008–2010 Middlesex 2010 Kings XI Punjab 2011–2013	Ten Network 2013–2018 Fox Sports 2018–present [27]
Arthur Gilligan (1894–1976)	Cambridge University 1919–1920 Surrey 1919 Sussex 1920–1932 England 1922–1925	ABC [29]
Rev. Frank Gillingham (1875–1953)	Essex 1903–1928	BBC Radio 1927–? [30] [31]
Graham Gooch	Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2002–2009
Darren Gough	Yorkshire 1989–2003; 2007–2008 Essex 2004–2006 England 1994–2006	talkSPORT 2018–2019 [17]
David Gower	Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992	BBC Television1995–1999 Sky Sports 1999–2019 [13] 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
Isa Guha	Thames Valley 1998–1999 Berkshire 2000–present England 2002–2011	Fox Sports 2018–present [32] ITV Sport 2010–2014 BBC ( Test Match Special ) –present Sky Sports 2015–2019 BBC Television 2020–present
Alex Hartley	Lancashire 2008–2012 Middlesex 2013–2016 Surrey Stars 2016 Lancashire 2017–present England 2016–present	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2020–present [33]
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	Channel 9 1999–present [34] Fox Sports 2018–present [34] [35]
Michael Holding	West Indies 1975–1987	Sky Sports Nine Network 1992–present
David Hookes	South Australia 1975–1992 Australia 1977–1986
Robert Hudson (1920—2010) [lower-alpha 2]	None	BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1958, 1962–1968 [36]
Simon Hughes	Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993	The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005 [37] Channel 5 2006–2017 [37] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2007–present
Nasser Hussain	Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004	Sky Sports 2004–present
Michael Hussey [lower-alpha 3]	Western Australia 2004–2013 Australia 2004–2013	Nine Network 2014–2016 Fox Sports 2018–present [38]
Ray Illingworth	England 1958–1973	BBC Television 1984–1993
Robin Jackman (1945–2020)	England 1974–1983	SuperSport ( Super Cricket )
Mahela Jayawardene	Sinhalese Sports Club 1995–2015 Sri Lanka 1997–2004	talkSPORT 2018–2019 [17]
Brian Johnston (1912–1994)	None	BBC Television 1946–1970 [39] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1966–1994 [40] [39]
Dean Jones	Australia 1984–1992	ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006 [41] [42] Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010 Star Sports 2018–2020 (Select Dugout)
Rob Key	Kent 1998–2016 England 2002–2009	Sky Sports 2012–present
Nick Knight	Warwickshire 1991–2006 England 1995–2003	Sky Sports 2006–present
Jim Laker	England 1948–1959	ITV 1966–1968 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	Channel 9 1977–2018 [43] [44]
Brett Lee	New South Wales 1997–2012 Australia 1999–2012	Channel 9 2010–2014 [45] Fox Sports 2018–present [38]
Darren Lehmann	Australia 1996–2005	Sky Sports 2005–2007 Disney+ Hotstar
Andrew Leonard	Ireland under-19 2010 Ireland A 2010	Sky Sports 2023 [46] ESPN Star Sports 2023 BBC 2023 BCCI 2023
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 [lower-alpha 4]	Lancashire 1965–1983 England 1973–1980	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1992–1995 Sky Sports 1999–present [47] Channel 9 2013–14 (The Ashes)
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 (1900–1973)	None	BBC ( BBC Radio ) 1927–1945 [48]
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);
Mpumelelo ("Pommie") Mbangwa	Zimbabwe 1996–2002	SuperSport ( Super Cricket ) TEN Sports
Alan McGilvray (1909–1996)	New South Wales 1933–1937	ABC 1938–1985 [49] [50] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1948–1985 (Ashes series)
Glenn McGrath	New South Wales 1992–2008 Australia 1993–2007 Worcestershire 2000 Middlesex 2004 Delhi Daredevils 2008–2010	Channel 7 (Australia) 2018–present [51] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2019 (Ashes series) [52]
Cate McGregor	None	The Australian Australian Financial Review The Spectator [53]
Colin Milburn (1941–1990)	Northamptonshire 1960–1969 England 1966–1969	BBC Television 1969 [54] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1983–1988 [55]
Alison Mitchell	None	BBC ( Radio Five Live; Test Match Special ) 2003–present [56] ESPN Star sports 2013, 2014 ABC 2014– Channel 7 (Australia) 2018–present [26] Channel 5 2018–2019 BBC Television 2020–present
Glenn Mitchell	None	ABC 1990–2011 [57] [58]
Drew Morphett	None	ABC 197?–2015
Danny Morrison	New Zealand 1987–1997	Sky Sport 2000–present Fox Sports ABC  ?–present
Don Mosey (1925–1999)	None	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1974–1991 [59]
Johnny Moyes (1893–1963)	South Australia 1912–1915 Victoria 1920–1921	ABC 1950–1963 [60] [61]
Brian Murgatroyd	None	TEN Sports ca.2008–present Others?
Chandra Nayudu	Uttar Pradesh [62]	All India Radio [63]
Mark Nicholas	Hampshire 1978–1995	Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999–2005 [64] Daily Telegraph Nine Network 2001–2018 SuperSport 2018– Channel 5 2006–2019 talkSPORT 2018–2019[ citation needed ]
Monty Noble (1873–1940)	New South Wales 1893–1919 Australia 1898–1909	ABC
Daniel Norcross	None	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2016–present [40]
Kerry O'Keeffe	New South Wales 1968–1980 Australia 1971–1977	ABC 2001–2014 [65] Fox Sports (Australia) 2018–present [38]
Marjorie Pollard (1899–1982)	None	BBC Radio 1938 [3]
Shaun Pollock	KwaZulu Natal 1992–2004 Warwickshire 1996–2002 South Africa 1995–2008	SuperSport 2008–present
Ricky Ponting	Tasmania 1992–2013 Australia 1995–2012	Ten Network 2013–2018 Seven Network 2018–present
Venkatesh Prasad	India 1996–2001	SET Max 2003
Norton Pereira	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Palitha Perera	None	Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Nandan Phadnis	Maharashtra 1986–1996	All India Radio NDTV
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 MCC 1990 England 1991–1996	Channel 4 1999–2005 [66]
Barry Richards	South Africa 1970	TEN Sports
Mark Richardson	New Zealand 2000–2004	Sky Sport 2006–present The Crowd Goes Wild 2006–present
Vic Richardson (1894–1969)	Australia 1927–1936	ABC 1929–? [29]
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 [67] [68] 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 Star Sports Tamil 2017–present
Michael Slater	New South Wales 1991–2001 Australia 1993–2001	Channel 4 2001–2005 [5] Sky Sports 2006 ABC  ?–? Channel 9 2006–2018 [5] Channel 7 2018–2021 [5]
Ed Smith	Middlesex 2005–2008 Kent 1996–2004	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2012–2018 [69]
Iain Gallaway	Otago 1946–1948	Sports Roundup various media 1953–1992
Ian Smith	New Zealand 1980–1992	Sky Sport 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	Victoria 1959–1974 Australia 1966–1974	ABC  ?–2005 [70]
Scott Styris	New Zealand 2002–	) 2006 Star Sports 2018–present (Select Dugout)
Graeme Swann	Northamptonshire 1998–2004 Nottinghamshire 2005–2013	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2014–2019 [71]
E. W. (Jim) Swanton (1907–2000)	Middlesex 1937–8	BBC Radio 1938–1956 [3] BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1957–1975 [3] BBC Television 1948–1967 [24] The Daily Telegraph 1946–1975
Donna Symmonds	None	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988–? BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1998–2000? [72]
Mark Taylor	New South Wales 1985–1999 Australia 1989–1999	Channel 9 1999–present [73]
Fred Trueman (1931–2006)	Yorkshire 1949–1969 England 1952–1965	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 1974–1999 [74] Channel 9 1977–1978 [75]
Phil Tufnell	Middlesex 1986–2002 England 1990–2001	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2003–present Channel 7 2018 BBC Television 2020–present
Michael Vaughan	Yorkshire 1993–2009 England 1999–2008	Channel 5 2009–2019 BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2009–present [76] Fox sports 2018–present [77] BBC Television 2020–present
Dudley Vernon	None	BBC Television 1946–? [24]
Bryan Waddle	None	Radio New Zealand Radio Sport ABC  ?–present
Max Walker (1948–2016)	Victoria 1969–1982 Australia 1972–1981	ABC 1981–1985 [78] Channel 9 1986–1991 [79]
Ian Ward	Surrey 1992–2003 Sussex 2003–2005 England 2001	Sky Sports 2003–present [80]
Sir Pelham Warner (1873–1963)	Oxford University 1894–1896 Middlesex 1894–1920	BBC Radio 1927–? [30]
Shane Warne (1969–2022)	Hampshire 2000–2007 Australia 1992–2006 Rajasthan Royals 2008–2010 Victoria 1990–2006	Nine Network 2008–2018 Sky Sports 2009–2022 [81] Star Sports 2013–2022 [82] BCCI 2012–2022 Fox Sports 2018–2022 [27]
Len Watt	None	Local radio, Sydney 1922 [lower-alpha 5] [3] ABC 1924–? [83]
Mark Waugh	New South Wales 1985–2004 Essez 1988–1989 Australia 1988–2002	Ten Network 2013–2018 [84] Fox sports 2018–present [77]
Kepler Wessels	Queensland 1979–1986 Australia 1982–1985 South Africa 1992–94 Sussex 1976–1980	SuperSport ( Super Cricket )
Peter West (1920–2003)	None	BBC Television 1952–1986 [85] [86]
Arlo White	None	BBC ( Test Match Special ) 2005–2008 [87]
Alan Wilkins	Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983 Gloucestershire 1980–1982	BBC 1987–1998 ESPN Star Sports 2000–present
Bob Willis (1949–2019)	Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984	Sky Sports
John Woodcock	None	The Guardian The Times
Norman Yardley (1915–1989)	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
Stuart Broad	Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club England cricket team	Sky Sports 2019–present
Dinesh Karthik	Tamil Nadu cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore 2022–present India cricket team 2002–present	Sky Sports 2021–present
James Anderson	Lancashire County Cricket Club England cricket team 2002– present	BBC 2018–present
Dean du Plessis	None	ESPNcricinfo 2001–present
Eoin Morgan	Surrey 2005–present Ireland 2007–2009 England 2010 - 2022	Sky Sports 2022–present

See also

• ABC Radio National and Timeline of Australian radio
• BBC Radio and Timeline of the BBC

Notes

1. The Chappell brothers (Greg and Ian) are grandsons of Vic Richardson.
2. The idea of providing complete ball-by-ball coverage of a Test match was conceived by Hudson whilst commentating with Fred Trueman on a county game at Scarborough in 1955, as a result of which Test Match Special went on air two years later. ^[36]
3. Also known as 'Mr Cricket' due to his encyclopedic knowledge of the game.
4. Often referred to using the nickname 'Bumble'.
5. The first ever broadcast coverage of a cricket match anywhere in the world – a testimonial game for Charles Bannerman (1851–1930) at the SCG between two teams from New South Wales ^[3]

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Further reading

• Arlott, John (1992). Basingstoke Boy : An Autobiography. London: Fontana. ISBN   0-00-637737-8.
• Baxter, Peter, ed. (1981). Test Match Special. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0-362-00547-8.
• Baxter, Peter, ed. (1983). Test Match Special 2. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN   0-362-00547-8.
• Baxter, Peter (2007). Test Match Special : 50 Not Out - The Official History of a National Sporting Treasure. London: BBC Books. ISBN   978-0-563-53906-3.
• Benaud, Richie (2010). Over But Not Out : My Life So Far. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN   978-1-4447-0592-8.
• Blofeld, Henry (2017). Over and Out : My Innings of a Lifetime with Test Match Special. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN   978-1-4736-7091-4.
• Fay, Stephen; Kynaston, David (2018). Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN   978-1-4088-9540-5.
• Haynes, Richard (2009). "'Lobby' and the Formative Years of Radio Sports Commentary, 1935–1952". Sport in History. 29: 25–48. doi:10.1080/17460260902775193. hdl: 1893/1565 . S2CID   143888265.
• Johnston, Brian (1983). Chatterboxes : My Friends the Commentators. London: Methuen. ISBN   0-413-49580-9.
• Maxwell, Jim (2017). The Sound of Summer : A Memoir. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-74237-082-8.
• McGilvray, Alan; Tasker, Norman (1985). McGilvray : The Game is Not the Same... As Told to Norman Tasker. Sydney: ABC Books. ISBN   0-642-52928-0.
• Swanton, E. W. (1972). Sort of A Cricket Person. London: Collins. ISBN   0-00-211748-7.
• Williams, Jack (2011). "Broadcasting and cricket in England" (PDF). In Bateman, Anthony (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Cricket. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–69. ISBN   978-0-521-16787-1.

External links

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden online archive
• Test Match Special Website
• Cricinfo Website