Name | First-class / List A career | Broadcaster/Publication |
Abdul Hamid (1935-2012) |
East Pakistan Volleyball 1956-1972 Wanderers Club Dhaka 1956-1970
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BTV, Channel-i, Bangladesh Radio 1963-2013 |
Khoda Baksh Mridha (1945-2010) |
Rajshahi District 1967-1975 Sunrise Club Rajshahi 1965-1998 Rajshahi Division 1968-1976 Rajshahi University 1966-1970 |
BTV, ATN Bangla, Channel-i, Bangladesh Radio 1972-2010 |
Mohammad Musa (1948-2013) |
Dhaka University 1976-1982 T & T Club Dhaka 1975-1990
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BTV, & Bangladesh Radio 1983-2013
|
AlfazUddin Ahmed |
Vollyball: East Pakistan & Bangladesh Team 1968-1976 Cricket: Kushtia District & Rupali Bank 1967-1980
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Bangladesh Radio 1981–Present BTV, ATN Bangla, Channel-i, SA TV & Ekushey TV 1981–Present
|
Dr. Saidur Rahman |
Rajshahi University 1986-1990 Khulna Railway Club 1986-1998
|
BTV, ATN Bangla, Bangladesh Radio 1995–Present
|
Md. Shamsul Islam |
Rajshahi University 1997-2002 Friends Sporting Club, Rajshahi 1998-2003
|
BTV, ATN Bangla, Bangladesh Radio & RadioBhumi 1999–Present
|
Russel Arnold |
Sri Lanka 1997-2007 Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993-2007 World XI Chennai Superstars |
TEN Sports 2009–present |
Ranil Abeynaike |
Bedfordshire 1982 Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990 |
TEN Sports 2004–2011 Nimbus Sport 2006–2011 |
Karunaratne Abeysekera |
None |
Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
First ever Sinhala cricket commentator |
H. D. Ackerman |
South Africa 1998 |
SuperSport (Super Cricket) |
Jonathan Agnew |
Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992 England 1984–1985 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1991–present
The People 1990–1991
BBC Television 1999, 2006–2009
ABC ?-present |
Wasim Akram |
Pakistan 1985–2003 |
ESPN Star Sports 2003–present |
Terry Alderman |
Australia 1981–1991 |
ABC ?-present |
Paul Allott |
Lancashire 1978–1991 England 1981–1985 |
BBC Television 1994–1995
Sky Sports 1995–present |
Rex Alston |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1945–1964 |
John Arlott |
None |
BBC Radio 1946–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980
The Guardian 1968–1980 |
Athar Ali Khan |
Bangladesh 1988–1998 |
Independent Television 2013–present Nimbus Sport |
Mike Atherton |
Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001 |
Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph 2002–present TalkSPORT 2004–2005 Sky Sports 2005–present |
Trevor Bailey (1923 - 2011) |
Essex 1946–1967 England 1949–1959 |
BBC (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 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964 |
BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007 Nine Network 1977–2015 Channel 4 1999–2005
Channel Five 2009 |
Harsha Bhogle |
None |
ABC 1991–present
ESPN Star Sports 1995–
BBC 1998– |
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 1991–2007 Australia 1995–2000 |
Sky Sports 2009– |
Henry Blofeld |
Cambridge University 1958–1960 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1972–1991, 1994–present Sky Sports 1991–1994 |
Ian Botham |
Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992 |
BBC Television 1994–1995
Sky Sports 1996–present |
Geoffrey Boycott |
Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982 |
Sky Sports 1990–1998 BBC Television 1993–98
TalkSPORT 1998–2003
ESPN Star Sports 1997–2005
Channel 4 2004–2005
BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–present Channel Five 2006–present |
James Brayshaw |
Western Australia 1987–1990 South Australia 1990–1997 |
Nine Network 2007– |
Freddie Brown |
England 1931–1953 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–69 |
Jim Burke |
Australia 1951–1959 |
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Chris Cairns |
New Zealand 1989–2004 |
Fox Sports Australia 2012–present |
Greg Chappell |
South Australia 1966–1973 Queensland 1973–1984 Somerset 1968–1969 Australia 1970–1984 |
Nine Network 1989–1994 |
Ian Chappell |
South Australia 1961–1980 Lancashire 1963 Australia 1964–1980 |
Nine Network 1980–present ESPN Star sports 2007–present
Channel 5 2009 |
Michael Charlton |
None |
ABC ?–? BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series); |
Shamim Chowdhury |
None |
Nimbus Sport |
Denis Compton |
England 1937–1957 |
BBC Television 1958–75 Sunday Express |
Jeremy Coney |
Wellington 1971–1987 New Zealand 1974–1987 |
Sports Roundup/Radio Sport 1990–2000 Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2004 |
Dominic Cork |
Derbyshire 1990–2003 Lancashire 2004–2008 Hampshire 2009–2011 England 1992–2002 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2010 –present Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–present
Talksport 2013–present
Sky Sports 2011–present |
Jamie Cox |
Tasmania 1987–2005 |
|
Tony Cozier |
None |
Barbados Daily News 1961–1969 Nine Network 1977–1992 ABC ?–? Sky Sports BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–present (West Indian series in UK and some world cups) |
Peter Cranmer |
Warwickshire 1934–1954 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968 |
Martin Crowe (1962 - 2016) |
New Zealand 1982–1995 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006 |
Craig Cumming |
Canterbury 1995–2000 Otago 2000–2015 New Zealand 2005–2009 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2014 |
Aravinda De Silva |
Sri Lanka 1984–2003 |
Sky Sports 2006 |
Ted Dexter |
Sussex 1956–1968 England 1958–1968 |
BBC Television 1968-19?? |
Allan Donald |
South Africa 1991–2003 |
|
Simon Doull |
New Zealand 1992–2000 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006– |
Jeff Dujon |
Jamaica 1974–1993 West Indies 1981–1991 |
Sky Sports |
Matthew Engel |
None |
The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
Farokh Engineer |
India 1961–1975 |
BBC (Test Match Special) |
Ranjit Fernando |
Ceylon 1964–1978 Sri Lanka 1975 |
Ten Sports 2004–2009 |
Jack Fingleton |
New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938 |
|
Damien Fleming |
Australia 1994–2001 |
ABC ?-present |
Tom Fordyce |
None |
BBC Live Text |
Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler |
Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994 England 1982–1985 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005 |
Angus Fraser |
Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999 |
BBC (Test Match Special) The Independent 2002– |
David Frith |
None |
The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979–1996 |
Arve Fuglum |
None |
NRK 1998– |
Mike Gatting |
Middlesex 1975–1998 England 1977–1994 |
BBC (Test Match Special) |
Sunil Gavaskar |
Mumbai 1966–1988 Somerset 1980 India 1971–1987 |
ESPN Star Sports 1992– BCCI BBC (Test Match Special) |
Natalie Germanos |
None |
SABC (Radio 2000) |
Alan Gibson (1923 - 1997) |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1962–1975
The Times |
Arthur Gilligan |
England 1922–1925 |
|
Graham Gooch |
Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992 |
Test Match Special 2002–2009 |
David Gower |
Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992 |
BBC Television1995–1999
Sky Sports1999–present Sunday Times |
Tom Graveney (1927 - 2015) |
England 1951–1969 |
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Tony Greig (1946 - 2012) |
Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977 |
Nine Network 1979–2012 Channel 4 2005 TEN Sports |
Bob Harvie |
None |
Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Mike Haysman |
Leicestershire – |
SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports |
Ian Healy |
Queensland 1986–1999 Australia 1988–1999 |
Nine Network 1999–present |
Michael Holding |
West Indies 1975–1987 |
Sky Sports Nine Network 1992–present |
David Hookes |
South Australia 1975–1992 Australia 1977–1986 |
|
Robert Hudson |
None |
BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968 |
Simon Hughes |
Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993 |
The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005 Channel 5 2006–present
BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–present |
Nasser Hussain |
Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004 |
Sky Sports 2004–present |
Ray Illingworth |
England 1958–1973 |
BBC Television 1984-1993 |
Robin Jackman |
England 1974–1983 |
SuperSport (Super Cricket) |
Brian Johnston |
None |
BBC Television 1946–1970 BBC (Test Match Special) 1970–1994 |
Dean Jones |
Australia 1984–1992 |
ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006 Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010 |
Nick Knight |
Warwickshire 1991–2006 England 1995–2003 |
Sky Sports 2006–present |
Jim Laker |
England 1948–1959 |
BBC Television 1969–1985 |
Arun Lal |
India 1982–1989 |
Nimbus Sport 2003– TEN Sports 2010– |
Gavin Larsen |
Wellington 1984–1999 New Zealand 1990–1999 |
Geoff Lawson |
Australia 1989–2004 |
ABC ?-present |
Bill Lawry |
Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971 |
Nine Network 1977–present |
Darren Lehmann |
Australia 1996–2005 |
Sky Sports 2005–2007 |
Tony Lewis |
Glamorgan 1955–1974 England 1972–1973 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 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 |
Simon Mann |
None |
BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996 BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–present |
Sanjay Manjrekar |
Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996 |
ESPN Star Sports 2009–present TEN Sports 2003–2009 |
Neil Manthorp |
None |
SuperSport (Super Cricket) BBC (Test Match Special) ABC ?-present
Talksport 2003-2008 |
Vic Marks |
Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988 |
The Observer 1989–present BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–present |
Howard Marshall |
None |
BBC (BBC Radio) early 1930s–1945 |
Christopher Martin-Jenkins (1945 - 2013) |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985–2012 BBC Television 1980–1985 The Cricketer 1980–1990 Daily Telegraph 1990–1998 The Times 1998–2012 |
Jim Maxwell |
None |
ABC 1973–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– (Ashes series); |
Pommie Mbangwa |
Zimbabwe 1996–2002 |
SuperSport (Super Cricket) TEN Sports |
Alan McGilvray |
New South Wales 1933–1937 |
ABC 1938–1985 BBC (Test Match Special) 1948–1985 (Ashes series) |
Glenn Mitchell |
None |
ABC 1990–2011 |
Alison Mitchell |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2003–present ABC 2014 ESPN Star sports 2013, 2014 |
Drew Morphett |
None |
ABC 197?-2015 |
Danny Morrison |
New Zealand 1987–1997 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2000–present
Fox Sports
ABC ?-present |
Don Mosey |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1991 |
Johnnie Moyes |
South Australia 1912–1915 Victoria 1920–1921 |
ABC 1950–1963 |
Kass Naidoo |
None |
SABC Television 2003–2007 |
Mark Nicholas |
Hampshire 1978–1995 |
Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999–2005 Daily Telegraph Nine Network 2001–present Channel 5 2006–present |
Kerry O'Keeffe |
New South Wales 1968–1980 Australia 1971–1977 |
ABC 2001–2014 |
Cate McGregor |
none |
The Australian Australian Financial Review The Spectator[1] |
Kalpa Palliyaguruge |
NCC,BRC & Nomads 1993–2001 Australia – Elestrenweek Cricket Club 1996–2000 |
Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 2008– |
Shaun Pollock |
KwaZulu Natal 1992-2004
Warwickshire 1996-2002
South Africa 1995-2008 |
SuperSport 2008–present |
Venkatesh Prasad |
India 1996–2001 |
SET Max 2003 |
Norton Pereira |
None |
Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Rameez Raja |
Servis 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 (Test Match Special) |
Aqeel Samar |
None |
Hum FM Hum FM Apna FM Network |
Dermot Reeve |
Sussex 1983–1987 Warwickshire 1988–1996 Somerset 1998 Marylebone Cricket Club 1990 England 1991–1996 |
Channel 4 1999–2005 |
Barry Richards |
South Africa 1970 |
TEN Sports |
Mark Richardson |
New Zealand 2000–2004 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006–present The Crowd Goes Wild 2006–present |
Vic Richardson |
Australia 1927-1936 |
ABC 1929-? |
R C Robertson-Glasgow |
Somerset 1920–1935 |
The Morning Post The Observer |
Peter Roebuck (1956 - 2011) |
Somerset 1974–1991 |
ABC 2001–2011 |
Mike Selvey |
Surrey 1968–1971 Middlesex 1972–1982 Glamorgan 1983–1984 England 1976–1977 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–2008 The Guardian 1985–present |
Debayan Sen |
None |
Zee Sports Sri Lanka vs India ODI series 2008 Zee Sports ICL Twenty20 Championship 2007-08 All India Radio Tests, ODIs, T20s 2012- Sony SIX Indian Premier League 2013 starsports.com 2012- Known as a multi-sport commentator, who has provided commentary in both English and Hindi |
Ravi Shastri |
Mumbai 1979–1994 Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991 India 1981–1992 |
ESPN Star sports 1994–present BCCI 2006–present |
Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Punjab 1981–1999 India 1983–1999 |
ESPN Star sports 1999–2003 TEN Sports 2003–2004 NDTV 24x7 2006–2009 Times Now 2010–present |
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan |
India1983–1987 |
Nimbus Sport BCCI |
Michael Slater |
New South Wales 1991–2001 Australia 1993–2001 |
Channel 4 2001–2005
Sky Sports 2006
ABC ?-?
Nine Network 2006–present |
Ed Smith |
Middlesex 2005-2008 Kent 1996-2004 |
BBC (Test Match Special) |
Ian Smith |
New Zealand 1980–1992 |
Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Channel 4 1999-2003 |
Aamer Sohail |
Lahore 1983–1999 Habib Bank Limited 1987–1992 Allied Bank Limited 1995–2001 Karachi 1998–1999 Lahore 2000–2001 Somerset 2001 Pakistan 1990–2000
|
Ten Sports 2001–present |
Pranav Soneji |
None |
BBC Live Text |
Keith Stackpole |
Australia 1966-1974 |
ABC ?-? |
Michael Standing |
None |
BBC Radio c1937-c1939 |
|
Scott Styris |
New Zealand 2002– |
Sky Sport (New Zealand) 2006 |
E.W. Swanton |
Middlesex 1937-8 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1938–1975 BBC Television 1948–1967 The Daily Telegraph 1946–1975 |
Donna Symmonds |
None |
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988–? BBC (Test Match Special) 1998–2000? |
Clive Taylor |
None |
The Daily Herald The Sun |
Mark Taylor |
New South Wales 1985–1999 Australia 1989–1999 |
Nine Network 1999–present |
Fred Trueman |
Yorkshire 1949–1969 England 1952–1965 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1999 |
Phil Tufnell |
Middlesex 1986–2002 England 1990–2001 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2003–present |
Michael Vaughan |
Yorkshire 1993–2009 England 1999–2008 |
Channel 5 2009–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2009–present |
Bryan Waddle |
None |
Radio Sport ABC ?-present |
Ian Ward |
Surrey 1992–2003 Sussex 2003–2005 England 2001 |
Sky Sports 2005–present |
Shane Warne |
Hampshire 2000–2007
Australia 1992–2006
Rajasthan Royals 2008–2010
Victoria 1990–2006 |
Nine Network 2008–present Sky Sports 2009–present ESPN Star sports 2012–present BCCI 2012–present |
Kepler Wessels |
Queensland 1979–1986 Australia 1982–1994
Sussex 1976–1980
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SuperSport (Super Cricket) |
Peter West |
None |
BBC Television 1952–1986 |
Arlo White |
None |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2008 |
Lucien Wijesinghe |
None |
Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Alan Wilkins |
Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983 Gloucestershire 1980–1982 |
BBC 1987–1998 ESPN Star Sports 2000–present |
Bob Willis |
Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984 |
Sky Sports |
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 |
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–present BCCI 2012–present |
John Woodcock |
None |
The Guardian The Times |
Norman Yardley |
Yorkshire 1935–1955 England 1938–1950 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1956–1969
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Waqar Younis |
Karachi, 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 |
Charles Colville |
None |
Sky Sports 1990–present |
Neeraj M Mehra |
None |
Domestic Level Matches, Corporate Cup, College Matches 2007–present
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