Name |
First-class / List A career |
Broadcaster/Publication
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Russel Arnold
|
Sri Lanka 1997-2007 Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993-2007 World XI[disambiguation needed] Chennai Superstars
|
TEN Sports 2009–present
|
Ranil Abeynaike
|
Bedfordshire 1982 Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990
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TEN Sports 2004–2011 Nimbus Sport 2006–2011
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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 Radio 1945–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1964
|
John Arlott
|
None
|
BBC Radio 1946–1957 BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980
The Guardian 1968–1980
|
Athar Ali Khan
|
Bangladesh 1988–1998
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Independent Television 2013–present Nimbus Sport
|
Mike Atherton
|
Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001
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Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph The Times 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
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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, 1994–2017 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
|
Roshan Abeysinghe
|
None
|
TEN Sports 2010–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 2007–2016[1]
|
Freddie Brown
|
England 1931–1953
|
BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–69
|
Jim Burke
|
Australia 1951–1959
|
|
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); 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) 1966–2015 (West Indian series against England 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
|
Charles Fortune
|
None
|
SABC
|
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
|
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)
|
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
|
|
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
|
Rob Key
|
Kent 1998-2016 England 2002-2009
|
Sky Sports 2012–present
|
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, 2016-17 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
|
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[2]
|
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)
|
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
|
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
|
Keith Stackpole
|
Australia 1966-1974
|
ABC ?-?
|
|
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?
|
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 1982–1985 South Africa 1992–94
Sussex 1976–1980
|
SuperSport (Super Cricket)
|
Peter West
|
None
|
BBC Television 1952–1986
|
Arlo White
|
None
|
BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2008
|
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
|
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
|
Dean du Plessis
|
None
|
ESPNcricinfo 2001–present
|