The cricket world has seen a lot of enthusiastic moments, these enthusiastic moments include the sea of emotions, be it happiness, sadness, anxiety, stress, and pressure. We as fans have gone through a lot. This has continued for a really long time, even when we did not have televisions, we have come so far from listening to commentary on radio channels to now watching it live on our smart Televisions and mobile phones as well.
Now what has remained constant and has not changed at all but just evolved from time to time is the commentary. Commentary has been with us cricket fans from the time when our grand parents were really very young. Now as well we have commentators, who are there to entertain and recite the match to us.
Till now you must have an idea through the title as well as the content that in this article we will be talking about commentary. Specifically talking about commentary we will be listing the best cricket commentators till now. This will include your favorite commentators who have been with you and entertained you during the cricket match. They have gone through the same emotions that you have been through while watching cricket as a fan. At times they have spoken out what you wanted to say, they indirectly might have expressed the words of your heart.
Here are a few of the best commentators of all time –
Ian Smith
He was born on the 28th of February in 1957, he comes from team New Zealand as a former cricketer himself. He was known for his great role as a wicket keeper during the 1980s and 1990s. It was during the 1990s that he retired from being a cricketer.
After his retirement as a cricketer, he started his career in Cricket commentary and that was when he became a very successful and well known commentator for cricket. While listening to his commentary anyone could feel the enthusiasm, knowledge, and passion that he has for his beloved sport which is none other than cricket itself.
He is known for his excellent insightful analysis of each and every match. You must have heard him during the international matches, as he is a prominent choice as a commentator during the international matches.
His talent for having a perfect analysis and a broad perspective that he has for cricket is not just limited to the commentary. He has been active in giving his views as a commentator as well as in various podcasts and other cricket networks. The best of his works as a commentator includes a very well remembered ICC World Cup of 2019 which was between England and New Zealand. Being at the crucial old age of 63 years he still continues to be a commentator as this is what he loves to do and he is fully passionate about as well.
Harsh Bhogle
Harsh Bhogle was 19 when he started his career as a radio person he has been officially in this field since the early age of 19. He is known by every Indian and cricket fan and is famous by his name the voice of Indian cricket.
Now he has completed the whole of four decades as a commentator. He has a deep entertaining voice as a commentator. Starting as a radio person he gained popularity globally in this field of voice.
He hasn’t been an official cricketer but the passion he has for the cricketer is no less than a cricketer himself. The deep and serious analysis of the cricket match he has done till now has earned him his fans globally. He has been a commentator in various matches like World Cup and IPLs as well.
He has given his views on matches not only through commentary but also through articles, and podcasts. September 2023 was the time when he has turned his 4o years in this field and he celebrated the same.
Mark Nicholas
The English commentator who was born on the 29th of September in 1957. He himself was a cricketer and broadcaster, earlier he played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995 and also was their captain in the years from 1985 and remained till his retirement.
He started working as a commentator at first with Sky Sports and then was an anchorman from the year 1999 to 2005 for Channel 4’s. he became a very well known voice for cricket and created his fandom for his voice. He was named as the UK Sports Presenter of the Year in 2001 and also for the year 2005 by the Royal Television Society.
Him being from the cricket field, both as a cricketer and as a commentator, his voice holds the passion and his experience gives him the perfect analysis for cricket which he has used to its fullest and as a result, you know him and he holds the position of being the third most loved and known cricket commentator in the world.
Michael Holding
He was born on 16th February in the year 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica. He as well has been a cricketer himself and then a commentator. He has devoted most of his life to cricket which shows how passionate he is about his profession.
He used to be a fast bowler, from team West Indies during the years 1975 to 1987. His bowling was so great that he was termed as the “whispering death”, players used to be really very much scared of him when he was on the field as a bowler.
This cricket career of his brought him fame and popularity, and it also brought him the knowledge and ability to analyze every move more deeply and keenly. This ability of his made him a really good commentator and made people want to listen to him more and more and understand the ongoing game more than just as a viewer.
FAQs
Ques – Who is the best commentator?
Ans – Ian Smith is considered to be the best commentator.
Ques – Who is the best commentator in cricket in India?
Ans – Harsh Bhogle from India is the best Commentator.
Ques – Who is the legendary cricket commentator?
Ans – Ravi Chaturvedi is considered a legendary commentator.
Ques – Who is known as the voice of cricket?
Ans – Harsh Bhogle is known as the voice of cricket.
Ques – Who is the No 1 cricket analyst in India?
Ans – Gaurav Gangwal is the top analyst in India.
