1.Michael Anthony Holding:
Michael Anthony Holding was born 16 February 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease. Holding was an outstanding athlete as a teenager and used skills acquired from running the 400 metres on the cricket pitch, with one of the longest and most rhythmic run-ups in world cricket Michael Holding, the former great West Indian fast bowler, is today regarded as one of the best cricket commentators in world. From being an immensely famous cricketer to an immensely popular cricket commentator, Michael Holding has done it all. He took to commentary soon after his retirement from cricket and joined the likes of Richie Benaud and Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box.
2.Richie Benaud:
3.David Lloyd:
David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. He is known through the cricketing world as "Bumble" due to the similarity between his facial profile and "Bumblies", characters of Michael Bentine's children's television programmes. He then became a renowned cricket commentator for Test Match Special, and later Sky Sports, with whom he currently broadcasts. He is also an author, journalist and columnist.
4.David Gower:
David Ivon Gower, OBE (born 1 April 1957 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test matches, scoring 8,231 runs, he is thus one of the most capped and highest scoring players in his country's history. He is also one of England's most capped One Day International players, with 114 matches.
5. Rameez Raja:
Rameez Hasan Raja (born 14 August 1962) is a former Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket, who represented the Pakistan cricket team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also worked as captain of the national team. Since retiring from professional cricket, he has become a sports and television commentator.
6.Ian Botham:
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy".[1] While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.
He is generally regarded as a great all-rounder, particularly in Test cricket, but actually received his knighthood in recognition of his sterling work for charity.
A talented footballer as well as a cricketer, Botham made 11 appearances in The Football League.
On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
7.Ravi Shastri:
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962, Bombay) is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually became more of a batsman who could bowl.
As a batsman, he was essentially defensive with the "chapati shot"(a flick off the pads) being his trademark shot, but could raise his strike rate when required. Due to his above-average height (he stood 6' 3" tall) and an upright stance, he had a limited number of shots against fast bowling, but was able to put the lofted shot to good use against spin bowling. Shastri played either as an opening batsmen or in the middle order.In domestic cricket, he played for Bombay and led them to the Ranji Trophy title in his final year of playing. He also played four seasons of county cricket for Glamorgan. He was forced to retire aged 31 due to a recurring knee injury. He is now a noted TV cricket commentator.
8.Sanjay Mangerakar:
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar(Marathi: संजय विजय मांजरेकर) (born 12 July 1965 in Mangalore, Karnataka state) is an Indian cricketer who never quite lived up to the expectations at the highest level, averaging 37.14 in his 37 Tests between 1987/88 and 1996/97, as opposed to an overall first-class average of 55. He is the son of Vijay Manjrekar.Manjrekar is currently a cricket commentator and television compere. He has also recorded a music album. Manjrekar's comments that Sachin Tendulkar was faking injuries created a lot of controversy.
9.Robin Jackman:
Robin David Jackman (born 13 August 1945, Simla, India) is a former English cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1974 to 1983. He was a seam bowler and useful tail-end batsman. During a first-class career lasting from 1966 to 1982, he took 1402 wickets. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in South Africa in 1971-72, and for Rhodesia between 1972-73 and 1979-80. He is now a commentator on various international TV tournaments. Recently he is among the commentary team for Indian Premier League He does most of his work for South African based pay-television channel SuperSport.
10.Mike Haysman:
Michael Donald Haysman, more popularly known as Mike Haysman (born April 22, 1961), is a popular South African cricket commentator of Australian origin.
He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked for Supersport for over five years, hosting cricket show Extra Cover and making regular appearances on Super Saturday. On October 28, 2006 he recorded his last Supersport appearance. He lived in Florida for nearly two years working with Allen Stanford's Caribbean Twenty 20 as commentator and analyst but moved to Dubai after Stanford's implications in fraud charges.Nowadays he is working for Ten Sports.:
11.Tony Greig:
Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born 6 October 1946) is a former English Test cricketer and currently a commentator.
Born in Queenstown, South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall (6 feet 6 inches or 1.98 metres) batting all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the national side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side. Greig's younger brother Ian, also played Test cricket.
He was a sometimes controversial figure. His most daring act was when he helped Kerry Packer start World Series Cricket by signing up many of his English colleagues as well as West Indian and Pakistani cricketers, a move which cost him the captaincy of England. He is also noted for a controversial run-out of Alvin Kallicharran in a Test match against the West Indies in 1974. He also clashed with Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee on the 1974–75 Ashes tour in Australia.
Michael Anthony Holding was born 16 February 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease. Holding was an outstanding athlete as a teenager and used skills acquired from running the 400 metres on the cricket pitch, with one of the longest and most rhythmic run-ups in world cricket Michael Holding, the former great West Indian fast bowler, is today regarded as one of the best cricket commentators in world. From being an immensely famous cricketer to an immensely popular cricket commentator, Michael Holding has done it all. He took to commentary soon after his retirement from cricket and joined the likes of Richie Benaud and Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box.
2.Richie Benaud:
3.David Lloyd:
David Lloyd (born 18 March 1947) is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire and Test and One Day International cricket for England. He also played semi-professional football for Accrington Stanley. He is known through the cricketing world as "Bumble" due to the similarity between his facial profile and "Bumblies", characters of Michael Bentine's children's television programmes. He then became a renowned cricket commentator for Test Match Special, and later Sky Sports, with whom he currently broadcasts. He is also an author, journalist and columnist.
4.David Gower:
David Ivon Gower, OBE (born 1 April 1957 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test matches, scoring 8,231 runs, he is thus one of the most capped and highest scoring players in his country's history. He is also one of England's most capped One Day International players, with 114 matches.
5. Rameez Raja:
Rameez Hasan Raja (born 14 August 1962) is a former Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket, who represented the Pakistan cricket team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also worked as captain of the national team. Since retiring from professional cricket, he has become a sports and television commentator.
6.Ian Botham:
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy".[1] While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.
He is generally regarded as a great all-rounder, particularly in Test cricket, but actually received his knighthood in recognition of his sterling work for charity.
A talented footballer as well as a cricketer, Botham made 11 appearances in The Football League.
On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
7.Ravi Shastri:
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962, Bombay) is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually became more of a batsman who could bowl.
As a batsman, he was essentially defensive with the "chapati shot"(a flick off the pads) being his trademark shot, but could raise his strike rate when required. Due to his above-average height (he stood 6' 3" tall) and an upright stance, he had a limited number of shots against fast bowling, but was able to put the lofted shot to good use against spin bowling. Shastri played either as an opening batsmen or in the middle order.In domestic cricket, he played for Bombay and led them to the Ranji Trophy title in his final year of playing. He also played four seasons of county cricket for Glamorgan. He was forced to retire aged 31 due to a recurring knee injury. He is now a noted TV cricket commentator.
8.Sanjay Mangerakar:
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar(Marathi: संजय विजय मांजरेकर) (born 12 July 1965 in Mangalore, Karnataka state) is an Indian cricketer who never quite lived up to the expectations at the highest level, averaging 37.14 in his 37 Tests between 1987/88 and 1996/97, as opposed to an overall first-class average of 55. He is the son of Vijay Manjrekar.Manjrekar is currently a cricket commentator and television compere. He has also recorded a music album. Manjrekar's comments that Sachin Tendulkar was faking injuries created a lot of controversy.
9.Robin Jackman:
Robin David Jackman (born 13 August 1945, Simla, India) is a former English cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1974 to 1983. He was a seam bowler and useful tail-end batsman. During a first-class career lasting from 1966 to 1982, he took 1402 wickets. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in South Africa in 1971-72, and for Rhodesia between 1972-73 and 1979-80. He is now a commentator on various international TV tournaments. Recently he is among the commentary team for Indian Premier League He does most of his work for South African based pay-television channel SuperSport.
10.Mike Haysman:
Michael Donald Haysman, more popularly known as Mike Haysman (born April 22, 1961), is a popular South African cricket commentator of Australian origin.
He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked for Supersport for over five years, hosting cricket show Extra Cover and making regular appearances on Super Saturday. On October 28, 2006 he recorded his last Supersport appearance. He lived in Florida for nearly two years working with Allen Stanford's Caribbean Twenty 20 as commentator and analyst but moved to Dubai after Stanford's implications in fraud charges.Nowadays he is working for Ten Sports.:
11.Tony Greig:
Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born 6 October 1946) is a former English Test cricketer and currently a commentator.
Born in Queenstown, South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall (6 feet 6 inches or 1.98 metres) batting all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the national side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side. Greig's younger brother Ian, also played Test cricket.
He was a sometimes controversial figure. His most daring act was when he helped Kerry Packer start World Series Cricket by signing up many of his English colleagues as well as West Indian and Pakistani cricketers, a move which cost him the captaincy of England. He is also noted for a controversial run-out of Alvin Kallicharran in a Test match against the West Indies in 1974. He also clashed with Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee on the 1974–75 Ashes tour in Australia.
