Tony Cozier
Anthony "Tony" Cozier (born 10 July 1940 in Barbados) has been a cricket writer and commentator for West Indian cricket since 1958.
Cozier is the son of Barbados journalist, Jimmy Cozier (who was the managing editor for the St Lucia Voice and founder of the Barbados Daily News) and he studied journalism at Carleton University, Ottawa. Tony Cozier is widely renowned for his extensive knowledge of cricket facts and statistics dating back to the 1950s.
Cozier played hockey as a goalkeeper for Barbados and cricket as a batsman and wicket-keeper for two local Barbados clubs.
His first Test Match commentary on radio was on West Indies v Australia in 1965. Cozier is a member of the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team and, currently, he is a member of the Sky Sports West Indian Cricket commentary team. On Test Match Special during the 4th England v West Indies Test match in 2007, Cozier began to read out a letter from a Mexican listener called "Juan Kerr" until Jonathan Agnew stopped him continuing. Cozier seemed not to realise why.[1]
Cozier wrote the definitive The West Indies: 50 Years of Test Cricket (published 1978) with a foreword by Sir Garfield Sobers. He was editor of The West Indies Cricket Annual for all its 22 editions.
[edit] External links
- Caribbean Beat web article on Tony Cozier
- Excerpt from Cozier's book on Cricinfo
- Two-part interview with Tony Cozier on CaribbeanCricket.com
[edit] References
- ^ BBC Radio 4, LW, Test Match Special, 17 June 2007, during the 4th England v West Indies Test match
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