Interview: It is difficult to be a cricket commentator but not impossible
Pankaj Athawale tells us about his career as a cricket commentator and as a co-ordinator at MUST FM...
June 13 2013, 5:18 pm
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Pankaj Athawale tells us about his career as a cricket commentator and as a co-ordinator at MUST FM...
June 13 2013, 5:18 pm
Read MoreIt was then, during a pulsating Test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka when Dean Jones, the former Australian batsman now in the role of a cricket commentator, hurled an extremely offensive jibe at Hashim Amla.
June 16 2013, 2:15 pm
Read MoreBy Faisal Caesar One of the pernicious fallacies perpetrated by the television age is the misconception that a glut of runs equals to good cricket. Even seasoned commentators, mostly ex-cricketers, are willing victims of this malady where the goodness of a pitch is defined by the quantity of runs scored on it than the quantity. This makes cricket lop-sided.
June 14 2013, 1:18 pm
Read MoreAustralian cricket commentator Richie Benaud has confirmed Channel Nine's expectation that he will continue to be part of the network's cricket coverage into the new rights agreement.
June 11 2013, 2:24 pm
Read MorePlans to jam mobile phones during matches and ban cheerleaders from the sidelines are unlikely to cure Indian cricket of the scourge of corruption, commentators of the sport said on Tuesday.
June 12 2013, 12:16 pm
Read MoreRachael Heyhoe-Flint, the one-time English captain, was born on June 11, 1939. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the person who revolutionised women’s cricket.
June 13 2013, 10:30 pm
Read MoreAlan Davidson, born June 14, 1929, was one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers of all time and batted well enough to be counted among the game’s legendary all-rounders. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who was instrumental in Australia’s dominance in the late fifties and early sixties.
June 15 2013, 9:29 am
Read MoreManinder Singh, born on June 13, 1965, was a fine left-arm spinner who promised much as a prodigy but who did not live up to the expectation. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the unfulfilled career.
June 13 2013, 3:29 pm
Read MoreVeteran radio cricket commentator Suresh Saraiya passed away here on Wednesday following a heart attack.
July 19 2012, 11:00 am
Read MorePoliceman, poet, wine-connoisseur, author, part time politician, anti-apartheid spokesperson and word renowned host of dinner parties - John Arlott was also the soul of cricket commentary for over three decades. In the fourth part of the series on cricket commentators, Arunabha Sengupta covers the career of the Basingstoke legend.
November 15 2012, 2:23 pm
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