User:Nine Tail Fox/List of cricket commentators

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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
English Jonathan Agnew Leicestershire 1978–87
England 1984–85
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1987–
English Mike Atherton Lancashire 1987–2001
England 1989–2001
English Channel 4
English TalkSPORT
English Sunday Telegraph
English John Arlott None English BBC Television 1946–1957
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980
Australian Richie Benaud New South Wales 1948–1964
Australia 1952–1964
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1960–1999
English Nine Network 1977–
English Channel 4 1999–
English Harsha Bhogle None Australian ABC 1991–

ESPN Star sports 1995–
BBC 1998–

English Henry Blofeld Cambridge University 1958–1960 English BBC (Test Match Special)
English Sky Sports 1991–1994
English Ian Botham Somerset 1974–1985
Worcestershire 1986–1991
Durham 1992–1993
England 1976–1992
English Sky Sports
English Geoffrey Boycott Yorkshire 1962–1986
England 1964–1982
English BBC (Test Match Special)
English Sky Sports
English TalkSPORT
English Channel 4 2004–
West Indian Tony Cozier None English BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–
English Matthew Engel None English The Guardian
English Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
English Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler Lancashire 1979–1991
Durham 1992–1994
English BBC (Test Match Special)
English Angus Fraser Middlesex 1984–2002
England 1989–1999
English BBC (Test Match Special)
English The Independent
English David Frith None English The Cricketer
English Wisden Cricket Monthly
Indian Sunil Gavaskar Mumbai 1966–1988
India 1971–1987
English David Gower Leicestershire 1975–1989
Hampshire 1990–1993
England 1978–1992
English Sky Sports
English Sunday Times
South African Tony Greig Sussex 1966–1978
England 1972–1977
English Nine Network
English Channel 4
West Indian Michael Holding 1972–1989
West Indies 1975–1987
English Sky Sports
English Simon Hughes Middlesex 1980–1992
Durham 1992–1993
English The Independent
English Daily Telegraph
English Channel 4
English Nasser Hussain Essex 1987–2004
England 1989–2004
English Sky Sports 2004–
English Brian Johnston None English BBC Television 1958–1970
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994
Australian Bill Lawry Victoria 1955–1972
Australia 1961–1971
English Nine Network
English David Lloyd Lancashire 1965–1983
England 1973–1980
English Sky Sports 1999–
English Simon Mann None English BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–
Indian Sanjay Manjrekar Mumbai 1984–1998
India 1987–1996
English Vic Marks Somerset 1975–1989
England 1982–1988
English The Observer
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–
English Christopher Martin-Jenkins None English BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985–
English The Cricketer 1980–1990
English Daily Telegraph 1990–1998
English The Times 1998–
Australian Alan McGilvray New South Wales 1933–1937 English ABC ?–1985
Australian Jim Maxwell None English ABC 1973–
English Mark Nicholas Hampshire 1978–1995 English Sky Sports 1996–1998
English Channel 4 1999–
English Daily Telegraph
English Nine Network
Pakistani Rameez Raja 1976–1998
Pakistan 1984–1997
English Mike Selvey Surrey 1968–1971
Middlesex 1972–1982
Glamorgan 1983–1984
England 1976–1977
English BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–
English The Guardian
Indian Ravi Shastri Mumbai 1979–1994
India 1981–1992
New Zealander Bryan Waddle None English Radio Sport
English Bob Willis 1969–1984
England 1971–1984
English Sky Sports

Others (people from the original list that I have no knowledge of)

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