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 :Category:Lists of cricketers|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.
NameFirst-class / List A careerBroadcaster/Publication
Russel ArnoldSri Lanka 1997-2007
Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993-2007
World XI
Chennai Superstars
TEN Sports 2009–present
Star Sports Tamil 2019–present
Ranil AbeynaikeBedfordshire 1982
Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990
TEN Sports 2004–2011
Nimbus Sport 2006–2011
Karunaratne Abeysekera- Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Roshan Abeysinghe- TEN Sports 2010–present
H. D. AckermanSouth Africa 1998 SuperSport
Jonathan AgnewLeicestershire 1978–1990, 1992
England 1984–1985
BBC 1991–present
The People 1990–1991
BBC Television 1999, 2006–2009
ABC ?-present
Wasim AkramPakistan 1985–2003 ESPN Star Sports 2003–present
Terry AldermanWestern Australia 1974–1963
Australia 1981–1991
Kent 1984–1986
Gloucestershire 1988
ABC 1993-present
Paul AllottLancashire 1978–1991
England 1981–1985
BBC Television 1994–1995
Sky Sports 1995–present
Rex Alston - BBC Radio 1945–1957
BBC 1957–1964
John Arlott - BBC Radio 1946–1957
BBC 1957–1980
The Guardian 1968–1980
Athar Ali KhanBangladesh 1988–1998 Independent Television 2013–present
Nimbus Sport
Mike AthertonLancashire 1987–2001
England 1989–2001
Channel 4 2002–2005
Sunday Telegraph
The Times
TalkSPORT 2004–2005
Sky Sports 2005–present
Trevor Bailey Essex 1946–1967
England 1949–1959
BBC 1967–1999
Jack Bannister Warwickshire 1950–1968 BBC Television 1984–1998
TalkSPORT 2001–2015
Richie Benaud New South Wales 1948–1964
Australia 1952–1964
BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007
Channel 9 1977–2013
Channel 4 1999–2005
Channel 5 2009
Harsha Bhogle- ABC 1991–present
ESPN Star Sports 1995–
BBC 1998–
Fox Cricket 2018-
Ian BishopWest Indies 1989–1998 Sky Sports 2005–present
Channel 4 2000-2004
SABC Television 2005–2008
Channel 5 2007-2009
Greg BlewettSouth Australia 1991–2007
Australia 1995–2000
Sky Sports 2009–
Seven Network 2018-
Henry BlofeldCambridge University 1958–1960 ITV 1966-1969
BBC 1972–1991, 1994–2017
Sky Sports 1991–1992
Sir Ian BothamSomerset 1974–1985
Worcestershire 1986–1991
Durham 1992–1993
England 1976–1992
BBC Television 1994–1995
Sky Sports 1995–2019
Sir Geoffrey BoycottYorkshire 1962–1986
England 1964–1982
Sky Sports 1990–1998
BBC Television 1993–1998
TalkSPORT 1998–2003
Channel 4 2004–2005
BBC 2005–2020
Channel 5 2006–2020
James BrayshawWestern Australia 1987–1990
South Australia 1990–1997
Nine Network 2007–2016
Freddie Brown England 1931–1953 BBC 1957–69
Mark ButcherSurrey 1992–2009
England 1997–2004
talkSPORT 2018–2019
Jim BurkeAustralia 1951–1959
Chris CairnsNew Zealand 1989–2004 Fox Sports Australia 2012–present
Greg Chappell South Australia 1966–1973
Queensland 1973–1984
Somerset 1968–1969
Australia 1970–1984
Channel 9 1989–1994
Ian Chappell South Australia 1961–1980
Lancashire 1963
Australia 1964–1980
Channel 9 1980–2018
ESPN Star sports 2007–present
Channel 5 2009
Michael Charlton- ABC 1954–?
BBC Radio 1956
Nimbus Sport
Charles Colville- Sky Sports 1990–present
Denis Compton England 1937–1957
Middlesex 1936-58
BBC Television 1958–75
Sunday Express
Jeremy ConeyWellington 1971–1987
New Zealand 1974–1987
Sports Roundup/Radio Sport 1990–2000
Sky Sport 2004
Sir Alastair CookBedfordshire 2002
Essex 2003-present
England 2006–2018
BBC 2019
Dominic CorkDerbyshire 1990–2003
Lancashire 2004–2008
Hampshire 2009–2011
England 1992–2002
BBC 2010 –present
Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–present
Talksport 2013–present
Sky Sports 2011–present
Jamie CoxTasmania 1987–2005
Tony Cozier - Barbados Daily News 1961–1969
Nine Network 1977–1992
ABC ?–?
Sky Sports
BBC 1966–2015
Peter Cranmer Warwickshire 1934–1954 BBC 1965–1968
Martin Crowe New Zealand 1982–1995 Sky Sport 2006
Craig CummingCanterbury 1995–2000
Otago 2000–2015
New Zealand 2005–2009
Sky Sport 2014
Aravinda De SilvaSri Lanka 1984–2003 Sky Sports 2006
Ted DexterSussex 1956–1968
England 1958–1968
BBC Television 1968-19??
Allan DonaldSouth Africa 1991–2003
Simon DoullNew Zealand 1992–2000 Sky Sport 2006–
Rahul DravidKarnataka 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
Jeff DujonJamaica 1974–1993
West Indies 1981–1991
Sky Sports
Matthew Engel- The Guardian
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Farokh EngineerIndia 1961–1975 BBC
Percy Fender Sussex 1910–1913
Surrey 1914–1935
MCC 1920–1936
England 1921–1929
BBC Television 1946–?
Ranjit FernandoCeylon 1964–1978
Sri Lanka 1975
Ten Sports 2004–2009
Jack FingletonNew South Wales 1928–1940
Australia 1932–1938
Kate Fitzpatrick- Channel 9 1983
Damien FlemingAustralia 1994–2001 ABC ?-present
Fox Sports 2010-2012
Channel 7 2018-present
Channel 10 2013-2017
Tom Fordyce- BBC Live Text
Charles Fortune- SABC
Graeme 'Foxy' FowlerLancashire 1979–1991
Durham 1992–1994
England 1982–1985
BBC 1994–2005
Angus FraserMiddlesex 1984–2002
England 1989–1999
BBC
The Independent 2002–
David Frith- The Cricketer
Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979–1996
C. B. FryOxford University 1892–1895
Sussex 1894–1908
England 1895–1912
BBC Radio 1936–?
Sourav GangulyBengal 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 GattingMiddlesex 1975–1998
England 1977–1994
BBC
Sunil GavaskarMumbai 1966–1988
Somerset 1980
India 1971–1987
ESPN Star Sports 1992–
BCCI
BBC
SuperSport 2018
Alan Gibson - BBC 1962–1975
The Times
Adam GilchristNew South Wales 1992–1994
Western Australia 1994–2008
Deccan Chargers 2008–2010
Middlesex 2010
Kings XI Punjab 2011–2013
Fox Sports 2018-present
Arthur Gilligan Cambridge University 1919–1920
Surrey 1919
Sussex 1920–1932
England 1922–1925
ABC
Rev. Frank Gillingham Essex 1903–1928 BBC Radio 1927–?
Graham GoochEssex 1973–2000
England 1978–1992
Test Match Special 2002–2009
Darren GoughYorkshire 1989–2003; 2007–2008
Essex 2004–2006
England 1994–2006
talkSPORT 2018–2019
David GowerLeicestershire 1975–1989
Hampshire 1990–1993
England 1978–1992
BBC Television1995–1999
Sky Sports 1999–2019
Sunday Times
Tom Graveney England 1951–1969
Tony Greig Sussex 1966–1978
England 1972–1977
Nine Network 1979–2012
Channel 4 2005
TEN Sports
Isa GuhaThames Valley 1998–1999
Berkshire 2000–present
England 2002–2011
Fox Sports 2018–present
Bob Harvie- Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Mike HaysmanLeicestershire – SuperSport
TEN Sports
Ian HealyQueensland 1986–1999
Australia 1988–1999
Channel 9 1999–present
Fox Sports 2018–present
Michael HoldingWest Indies 1975–1987 Sky Sports
Nine Network 1992–present
David HookesSouth Australia 1975–1992
Australia 1977–1986
Robert Hudson - BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964
BBC 1958, 1962–1968
Simon HughesMiddlesex 1980–1992
Durham 1992–1993
The Independent
Daily Telegraph
Channel 4 1999–2005
Channel 5 2006–present
BBC 2007–present
Nasser HussainEssex 1987–2004
England 1989–2004
Sky Sports 2004–present
Michael Hussey Western Australia 2004–2013
Australia 2004–2013
Fox Sports 2018-present
Ray IllingworthEngland 1958–1973 BBC Television 1984-1993
Robin JackmanEngland 1974–1983 SuperSport
Mahela JayawardeneSinhalese Sports Club 1995–2015
Sri Lanka 1997–2004
talkSPORT 2018–2019
Brian Johnston - BBC Television 1946–1970
BBC 1966–1994
Dean JonesAustralia 1984–1992 ABC
TEN Sports 2003–2006
Zee Sports 2007–2008
NDTV 24x7 2010
Star Sports 2018–present
Rob KeyKent 1998-2016
England 2002-2009
Sky Sports 2012–present
Nick KnightWarwickshire 1991–2006
England 1995–2003
Sky Sports 2006–present
Jim LakerEngland 1948–1959 ITV 1966-1968
BBC Television 1969–1985
Arun LalIndia 1982–1989 Nimbus Sport 2003–
TEN Sports 2010–
Gavin LarsenWellington 1984–1999
New Zealand 1990–1999
Geoff LawsonAustralia 1989–2004 ABC ?-present
Bill LawryVictoria 1955–1972
Australia 1961–1971
Channel 9 1977–2018
Brett LeeNew South Wales 1997–2012
Australia 1999–2012
Channel 9 2010–2014
Fox Sports 2018-present
Darren LehmannAustralia 1996–2005 Sky Sports 2005–2007
Tony LewisGlamorgan 1955–1974
England 1972–1973
BBC 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
Channel 9 2013-14
Simon Mann- BBC 1994–1996
BBC 1996–present
Sanjay ManjrekarMumbai 1984–1998
India 1987–1996
ESPN Star Sports 2009–present
TEN Sports 2003–2009
Neil Manthorp- SuperSport
BBC
ABC ?-present
Talksport 2003-2008
Vic MarksSomerset 1975–1989
England 1982–1988
The Observer 1989–present
BBC 1992–present
Howard Marshall - BBC 1927–1945
Christopher Martin-Jenkins - BBC 1973–1980, 1985–2012
BBC Television 1980–1985
The Cricketer 1980–1990
Daily Telegraph 1990–1998
The Times 1998–2012
Jim Maxwell- ABC 1973–present
BBC 2005– ;
Mpumelelo MbangwaZimbabwe 1996–2002 SuperSport
TEN Sports
Alan McGilvray New South Wales 1933–1937 ABC 1938–1985
BBC 1948–1985
Glenn McGrathNew South Wales 1992–2008
Australia 1993–2007
Worcestershire 2000
Middlesex 2004
Delhi Daredevils 2008-2010
Channel 7 2018–present
BBC 2019
Colin Milburn Northamptonshire 1960–1969
England 1966–1969
BBC Television 1969
BBC 1983–1988
Alison Mitchell- BBC 2003–present
ESPN Star sports 2013, 2014
ABC 2014, 2016-17
Channel 7 2018–present
Glenn Mitchell- ABC 1990–2011
Drew Morphett- ABC 197?-2015
Danny MorrisonNew Zealand 1987–1997 Sky Sport 2000–present
Fox Sports
ABC ?-present
Don Mosey - BBC 1974–1991
Johnny Moyes South Australia 1912–1915
Victoria 1920–1921
ABC 1950–1963
Brian Murgatroyd- TEN Sports ca.2008–present
Others?
Mark NicholasHampshire 1978–1995 Sky Sports 1996–1998
Channel 4 1999–2005
Daily Telegraph
Nine Network 2001–2018
Channel 5 2006–present
talkSPORT 2018–2019
Monty Noble New South Wales 1893–1919
Australia 1898–1909
ABC
Kerry O'KeeffeNew South Wales 1968–1980
Australia 1971–1977
ABC 2001–2014
Fox Sports 2018-present
Cate McGregor- The Australian
Australian Financial Review
The Spectator
Marjorie Pollard - BBC Radio 1938
Shaun Pollock KwaZulu Natal 1992-2004
Warwickshire 1996-2002
South Africa 1995-2008
SuperSport 2008–present
Venkatesh PrasadIndia 1996–2001 SET Max 2003
Norton Pereira- Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Rameez RajaServis 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
Dermot ReeveSussex 1983–1987
Warwickshire 1988–1996
Somerset 1998
MCC 1990
England 1991–1996
Channel 4 1999–2005
Barry RichardsSouth Africa 1970 TEN Sports
Mark RichardsonNew Zealand 2000–2004 Sky Sport 2006–present
The Crowd Goes Wild 2006–present
Vic Richardson Australia 1927-1936 ABC 1929-?
R C Robertson-GlasgowSomerset 1920–1935 The Morning Post
The Observer
Peter Roebuck Somerset 1974–1991 ABC 2001–2011
Mike SelveySurrey 1968–1971
Middlesex 1972–1982
Glamorgan 1983–1984
England 1976–1977
BBC 1984–2008
The Guardian 1985–present
Ravi ShastriMumbai 1979–1994
Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991
India 1981–1992
ESPN Star sports 1994–present
BCCI 2006–present
Navjot Singh SidhuPunjab 1981–1999
India 1983–1999
ESPN Star sports 1999–2003
TEN Sports 2003–2004
NDTV 24x7 2006–2009
Times Now 2010–present
Laxman SivaramakrishnanIndia1983–1987 Nimbus Sport
BCCI
Star Sports Tamil 2017–present
Michael SlaterNew South Wales 1991–2001
Australia 1993–2001
Channel 4 2001–2005
Sky Sports 2006
ABC ?-?
Channel 9 2006–2018
Channel 7 2018–present

Ed SmithMiddlesex 2005-2008
Kent 1996-2004
BBC 2006
Star Sports 2018–present
Graeme SwannNorthamptonshire 1998-2004
Nottinghamshire 2005-2013
BBC 2014–present
E. W. Swanton Middlesex 1937-8 BBC Radio 1938–1956
BBC 1957–1975
BBC Television 1948–1967
The Daily Telegraph 1946–1975
Donna Symmonds- Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988–?
BBC 1998–2000?
Mark TaylorNew South Wales 1985–1999
Australia 1989–1999
Channel 9 1999–present
Fred Trueman Yorkshire 1949–1969
England 1952–1965
BBC 1974–1999
Channel 9 1977–1978
Phil TufnellMiddlesex 1986–2002
England 1990–2001
BBC 2003–present
Michael VaughanYorkshire 1993–2009
England 1999–2008
Channel 5 2009–present
BBC 2009–present
Fox sports 2018–present
Dudley Vernon- BBC Television 1946–?
Bryan Waddle- Radio New Zealand
Radio Sport
ABC ?-present
Max Walker Victoria 1969–1982
Australia 1972–1981
ABC 1981–1985
Channel 9 1986–1991
Ian WardSurrey 1992–2003
Sussex 2003–2005
England 2001
Sky Sports 2003–present
Sir Pelham Warner Oxford University 1894–1896
Middlesex 1894–1920
BBC Radio 1927–?
Shane WarneHampshire 2000–2007
Australia 1992–2006
Rajasthan Royals 2008–2010
Victoria 1990–2006
Nine Network 2008–2018
Sky Sports 2009–present
Star Sports 2013–present
BCCI 2012–present
Fox Sports 2018–present
Len Watt- Local radio, Sydney 1922
ABC 1924–?
Mark WaughNew South Wales 1985–2004
Essez 1988–1989
Australia 1988–2002
Channel 10 2013–2018
Fox sports 2018–present
Kepler WesselsQueensland 1979–1986
Australia 1982–1985
South Africa 1992–94

Sussex 1976–1980
SuperSport
Peter West - BBC Television 1952–1986
Arlo White- BBC 2005–2008
Alan WilkinsGlamorgan 1975–1979, 1983
Gloucestershire 1980–1982
BBC 1987–1998
ESPN Star Sports 2000–present
Bob WillisSurrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984
England 1971–1984
Sky Sports
John Woodcock- The Guardian
The Times
Norman Yardley Yorkshire 1935–1955
England 1938–1950
BBC 1956–1969
Waqar YounisKarachi, 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
Dean du Plessis- ESPNcricinfo 2001–present


Partially revised 7 October 2019.