List of cricket commentators

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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.

List of commentators

Name First–class / List A career Broadcaster/Publication David Acfield Essex 1966–1986 BBC Television 1986-1990 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 1982Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990 TEN Sports 2004–2011 Nimbus Sport 2006–2011 Karunaratne AbeysekeraNone Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Bandula Saman WathuregamaNone Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation/ Sri Lanka Cricket Youtube Channel Roshan Abeysinghe Ragama Cricket Club TEN Sports 2010–present H. D. Ackerman South Africa 1998 SuperSport (Super Cricket) Jonathan Agnew Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992England 1984–1985 BBC Radio (Test Match Special) 1991–present The People 1990–1991 BBC Television 1999, 2007–2009 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 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 BBC Radio (Test Match Special) 1957–1964, Lala Amarnath (1933–1955) India 1936–1952 All India Radio James Anderson Lancashire County Cricket Club England cricket team 2002–2024 BBC Radio (Test Match Special) 2017–present BBC Television 2021–present John Arlott (1914–1991) None BBC Radio 1946–1957 BBC Radio (Test Match Special) 1957–1980 BBC Television 1965-1980 The Guardian 1968–1980 Athar Ali Khan Bangladesh 1988–1998 Independent Television 2013–present Nimbus Sport Mike Atherton Lancashire 1987–2001England 1989–2001 Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph The Times Talksport 2004–2005 Sky Sports 2005–present Channel 7 2021–22 Ashes Series Trevor Bailey (1923–2011) Essex 1946–1967England 1949–1959 BBC Radio (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 1948–1964Australia 1952–1964 BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007 Channel 9 1977–2013 Channel 4 1999–2005 Channel 5 2009 Harsha Bhogle None ABC 1991–present ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC Radio 1996-2008 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 1991–2007Australia 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 Sky Sports 1991–1992 Sir Ian Botham Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992 Sky Sports 1995–2019 Sir Geoffrey Boycott Yorkshire 1962–1986England 1964–1982 Sky Sports 1990–1998 BBC Television 1990–1998 Talksport 1998–2003 Channel 4 2004–2005 BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2020 Channel 5 2006–2020 Carlos Brathwaite Barbados 2010–presentWest Indies 2011–2019 BBC Television 2020–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2020–? James Brayshaw Western Australia 1987–1990South Australia 1990–1997 Nine Network 2007–2016James Brayshaw gone from Channel 9 cricket commentary News.com.au October 25, 2016 Seven Network 2018–, Stuart Broad Leicestershire 2005–2007 Nottinghamshire 2008–2023 England 2006–2023 Sky Sports 2018–present Freddie Brown (1910–1991) England 1931–1953 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–69 Mark Butcher Surrey 1992–2009 England 1997–2004 Talksport 2018–2019 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 South Australia 1966–1973Queensland 1973–1984Somerset 1968–1969Australia 1970–1984 Channel 9 1989–1994 Ian Chappell South Australia 1961–1980Lancashire 1963Australia 1964–1980 Channel 9 1980–2018 ESPN Star sports 2007–present Channel 5 2009 BBC Television 1977, 1993, 1997-1999, Michael Charlton None ABC 1954–? BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series) Nimbus Sport Michael Clarke Australia 2003-2015 Nine Network 2014-2018 Brian Close (1931-2015) England 1949-1976 BBC Television 1978-1982 Charles Colville None Sky Sports 1990–present Denis Compton (1918–1997) England 1937–1957Middlesex 1936–58 BBC Television 1958–75 Sunday Express Jeremy Coney Wellington 1971–1987New 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 BBC Television 2020–present Dominic Cork Derbyshire 1990–2003Lancashire 2004–2008Hampshire 2009–2011England 1992–2002 BBC (Test Match Special) 2007-2010 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 Peter Cranmer (1914–1994) Warwickshire 1934–1954 BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968 BBC Radio 1958-1974 Aidan Crawley (1908-1993) Kent 1927-1947 BBC Television 1939-1947 Colin Croft West Indies 1977-1982 BBC Television 1995, 1999 Martin Crowe (1962–2016) New Zealand 1982–1995 Sky Sport 2006 Craig Cumming Canterbury 1995–2000Otago 2000–2015New Zealand 2005–2009 Sky Sport 2014, Charles Dagnall Warwickshire 1999-2001Leicestershire 2002-2004 BBC Radio 2012-2021 Aravinda De Silva Sri Lanka 1984–2003 Sky Sports 2006 Ted Dexter (1935-2021) Sussex 1956–1968 England 1958–1968 BBC Television 1968-1988 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 Neil Durden-Smith BBC Radio 1964-1975 BBC Television 1967-1970 Jeff Dujon Jamaica 1974–1993 West Indies 1981–1991 Sky Sportsannounce Dean du Plessis None Cricinfo 2001–present Matthew Engel None The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Farokh Engineer India 1961–1975 BBC (Test Match Special) 1986, 1990 Premasara EpasingheNone Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Percy Fender (1892–1985) Sussex 1910–1913 Surrey 1914–1935 MCC 1920–1936 England 1921–1929 BBC Radio 1936-1946 BBC Television 1947 Ranjit Fernando Ceylon 1964–1978Sri Lanka 1975 Ten Sports 2004–2009 Aaron Finch Australia 2011–2022 Channel 7 2024–present Jack Fingleton (1908-1981) New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938 Kate Fitzpatrick None Channel 9 (Australia) 1983 Damien Fleming Australia 1994–2001 ABC ?–present Fox Sports 2010–2012 Ten Network 2013–2018 Channel 7 2018–present Tom Fordyce None BBC Live Text Charles Fortune None SABC Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler Lancashire 1979–1991Durham 1992–1994England 1982–1985 BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005 Angus Fraser Middlesex 1984–2002England 1989–1999 BBC (Test Match Special) 2000-2010 The Independent 2002– David Frith None The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979–1996 C. B. Fry (1872-1956) Oxford University 1892–1895Sussex 1894–1908 England 1895–1912 BBC Radio 1936–? Iain Gallaway Otago 1946–1948 Sports Roundup various media 1953–1992 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 1975–1998England 1977–1994 BBC (Test Match Special) 2002-2007 Sunil Gavaskar Mumbai 1966–1988 Somerset 1980 India 1971–1987 ESPN Star Sports 1992– BCCI BBC (Test Match Special) SuperSport 2018 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 Nine Network 2008-2011 Ten Network 2013–2018 Fox Sports 2018–present Arthur Gilligan (1894–1976) Cambridge University 1919–1920 Surrey 1919 Sussex 1920–1932 England 1922–1925 ABC Rev. Frank Gillingham (1875–1953) Essex 1903–1928 BBC Radio 1927–? Graham Gooch Essex 1973–2000England 1978–1992 BBC (Test Match Special) 2002–2009 Darren Gough Yorkshire 1989–2003; 2007–2008 Essex 2004–2006 England 1994–2006 Talksport 2018–2019 David Gower Leicestershire 1975–1989Hampshire 1990–1993England 1978–1992 BBC Television1994–1999 Sky Sports 1999–2019 Sunday Times Phil "Phil G" Gowers None European Cricket League 2022-current Tom Graveney (1927–2015) England 1951–1969 BBC Television 1980-1991 Tony Greig (1946–2012) Sussex 1966–1978England 1972–1977 Nine Network 1979–2012 Channel 4 2005 TEN Sports Isa Guha Thames Valley 1998–1999Berkshire 2000–present England 2002–2011 Fox Sports 2018–present ITV Sport 2010–2014 BBC (Test Match Special) 2014–present Sky Sports 2015–2019 BBC Television 2020–present Alex HartleyLancashire 2008–2012Middlesex 2013–2016Surrey Stars 2016Lancashire 2017–2023England 2016–2019 BBC (Test Match Special) 2020–present Bob HarvieNone 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 Fox Sports 2018–present Mike Hendrick (1948-2021)England 1974-1981 BBC Radio 1990-1994 Michael Holding West Indies 1975–1987 Sky Sports Nine Network 1992–present David Hookes (1955-2004) South Australia 1975–1992Australia 1977–1986 Robert Hudson (1920—2010) None BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968 Simon Hughes Middlesex 1980–1992Durham 1992–1993 The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005 Channel 5 2006–2017 BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–present Nasser Hussain Essex 1987–2004England 1989–2004 Sky Sports 2004–present Michael Hussey Western Australia 2004–2013 Australia 2004–2013 Nine Network 2014–2016 Fox Sports 2018–present Ray Illingworth (1932-2021) England 1958–1973 BBC Television 1984–1993 Asif Iqbal Pakistan 1964-1980 BBC Television 1992, 1996 Robin Jackman (1945–2020) England 1974–1983 SuperSport (Super Cricket) BBC Television 1987-1988, 1994 Mahela Jayawardene Sinhalese Sports Club 1995–2015 Sri Lanka 1997–2015 Talksport 2018–2019 Brian Johnston (1912–1994) None BBC Television 1946–1969 BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–1994 Dean Jones (1961-2020) Australia 1984–1992 ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006 Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010 Star Sports 2018–2020 (Select Dugout), Dinesh Karthik Tamil Nadu 2002–2024 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2015, 2022–2024 India 2004–2022 Sky Sports 2021–present Rob Key Kent 1998–2016England 2002–2009 Sky Sports 2012–present Nick Knight Warwickshire 1991–2006England 1995–2003 Sky Sports 2006–present Jim Laker (1922-1986) England 1948–1959 ITV 1966–1968 BBC Television 1969–1985 Arun Lal India 1982–1989 Nimbus Sport 2003– TEN Sports 2010– Gavin Larsen Wellington 1984–1999New Zealand 1990–1999 Geoff Lawson Australia 1989–2004 ABC ?–present Bill Lawry Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971 Channel 9 1977–2018 Brett Lee New South Wales 1997–2012 Australia 1999–2012 Channel 9 2010–2014 Fox Sports 2018–present Darren Lehmann Australia 1996–2005 Sky Sports 2005–2007Disney+ Hotstar Andrew LeonardIreland under-19 2010 Ireland A 2010 Sky Sports 2023 ESPN Star Sports 2023 BBC 2023