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 1978–1990, 1992 England 1984–1985	English BBC (Test Match Special) 1987– English The People 1990-1991
English Mike Atherton	Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001	English Channel 4 2002–2005 English TalkSPORT English Sunday Telegraph
English John Arlott	None	English BBC Television 1946–1957 English BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980 English The Guardian 1968-1980
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 1999–2005
Harsha Bhogle	None	Australian ABC 1991– File:United States flag large.png| ESPN Star sports 1995– File:England flag large.png BBC 1998–
English Henry Blofeld	Cambridge University 1958–1960	English BBC (Test Match Special) 1972-1991 1994- English Sky Sports 1991–1994
English Ian Botham	Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992	English BBC Television 1994–1995 English Sky Sports 1996–
English Geoffrey Boycott	Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982	English BBC (Test Match Special) 1993-1998 English Sky Sports 1990-1998 English TalkSPORT English Channel 4 2004–2005
West Indian Tony Cozier	None	English BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–
English Matthew Engel	None	English The Guardian English Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Farokh Engineer	India 1961–1975	English BBC (Test Match Special)
English Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler	Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994 England 1982–1985	English BBC (Test Match Special) 1987–
English Angus Fraser	Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999	English BBC (Test Match Special) English The Independent 2002-
English David Frith	None	English The Cricketer English Wisden Cricket Monthly
Norwegian Arve Fuglum	None	Norwegian NRK 1998–
English Mike Gatting	Middlesex 1975–1998 England 1977–1994	English BBC (Test Match Special)
Sunil Gavaskar	Mumbai 1966–1988 India 1971–1987
English Graham Gooch	Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992	English BBC (Test Match Special)
English David Gower	Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992	English BBC 1995-1999 English Sky Sports 1999-English Sunday Times
South African Tony Greig	Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977	English Nine Network 1984-English Channel 42005
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 1999–2005
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 1985-
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–
Sanjay Manjrekar	Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996
English Vic Marks	Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988	English The Observer 1989- 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–
Australian Johnnie Moyes	South Australia 1912–1915, Victoria 1920–1921	English ABC ?–1963
English Mark Nicholas	Hampshire 1978–1995	English Sky Sports 1996–1998 English Channel 4 1999–2005 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 1985-
Ravi Shastri	Mumbai 1979–1994 India 1981–1992
English E.W. Swanton	None	English BBC (Test Match Special)
New Zealander Bryan Waddle	None	English Radio Sport
English Bob Willis	Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984	English Sky Sports

See also

• List of cricketers

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden online archive
• Channel 4 Cricket: Meet the Team