Since they have played cricket they feel that they are entitled to be a commentator, they can talk and feel good but in turn jamming heads of audience who are irritated to limits. Commentary can evoke interest and at the same time can be the cause of losing interest in the game. The commentators mentioned here give all kinds of reason to just actually turn of the sound and watch the match in Mute. They are biased, irritating and ……well read on to find out.
1:: R-A-M-I-Z Raja
He’s my Green Man, He sees green everywhere, Perhaps more lost in patriotism rather then some precise cricketing comments,
If Sachin hits Shoaib for a boundary :: Our green man will blindly undermine the quality of shot and everything and just see g-r-e-e-n,
RR’s Comments:: “Well Bad ball from Shoaib, diving effort by the cover fielder but the ball just heads for the boundary , still Pakistani fans are not deterred.”
Now what’s this, our green man saw everything from bowler to fielder and even the crown behind the boundary but he missed the Batsmen coz its ..Yeah you guessed it right Blue.
If Inzamam just Bends his knees and stops a run in normal regulation
The green man can exaggerate this to limits.
RR’s Comments:: Fantastic A-C-R-O-B-A-T-I-C. stuff from Inzi. Perhaps acrobatic is his favorite word.
A young Pakistani cricketer in his debut runs after the ball and just throws it back without much effort , Green man adds extra zing to this by stating “This is what a Youth Does to the game and Pakistani cricket has had an habit bring in more promising youngsters like him”.
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I have no problem with patriotism but at least one should not overlook his commentators job which is to look at every point of a game like a neutral watcher. That’s why RR is in this list.
2:: R-A-N-J-I-T Fernando
He’s my Dark Blue man, Only thing he sees is Sri Lankans and forgets the rest, The way he speaks in that Anglo-Tamil (What do they speak in Sri Lanka?) accent at a snail’s pace is the most irritating part of his stints with commentary, Perhaps working as an undercover marketing agent for the Sri Lankan players. I don’t have any thing personal with him but I find him irritating because he always recites the already complex pathetic poetic names of Lankan Cricketers in full, like
1996 WC Final SL v/s AUS
“ Nice shot by Arjunaaaa Ranaaaatungaaaa, this partnership between Gurusinhaaaaa and (Oh My God!) Arjunaaaa Ranaaaatungaaaa is looking good, perhaps Arjunaaaaaaaaaaaa will take us home.”
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See he annoyed me with his naming stints and then notice the mention of
U-S in the quote, this is where bias comes.
3:: D-A-V-I-D Lloyd
The poor Englishmen tries all his patriotic fragrances to eradicate foulness from English Cricket but its to his Team’s discredit that all his praises and accolades during commentary goes to deaf ears, Yet he comments and still goes on. On top of that his accent is again an hindrance to my ears, He speaks BAT, I hear BALL. Utter confusion while he comments.
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Not a big mess as such but still his accent drags him into my hate list.
4:: V-E-N-K-A-T-E-S-H Prasad
He’s is good at Two things::
1) His Slower Balls (Hey don’t let loose your imagination ..OK) and
2) Even Slower commentary. Now why on earth did Sony picked him for commentary while WC. He tried and since that day I got the hang of his Umm Habit like
“Umm nice shot by Steve Tikolo, Umm but Umm Ummmmmm Ummmmmmmmmmmm not a very good ball by the bowler, I think ummmmm You know he is not good with change of…ummmm pace..”
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Notice the mention of Steve Tikolo, the producers realized the tall mate’s ability to comment and hence reduced him to matches like Kenya v/s Canada and Namibia v/s Holland, poor chap might have had frightening experience. Since what on earth remembers names of players of such sides.
5:: N-A-V-J-O-T Singh Siddhu
“Dead as a DoDo wicket”
“Statistics are Like Bikinis, they show what’s unimportant and hide what’s vital”
“Dead Duckling” or “Dead Duck”
“He’s flowing like a river”
“Fielding is like a dormant volcano at present”
This Sardaar is funnily irritating, when he tried his first stint with commentary, it was enjoyable but slowly & slowly it got on my mind and created bad sectors in mind towards this man, its ok to have a different and a complex style of commentary but at least be with the game and his overdoses started to bore me coz I didn’t get an acute hang of whatever he said.
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We want to enjoy the game and not drag ourselves into a Dictionary to find a meaning to whatever NSS says and I bet you wouldn’t find it there also, That’s why this man sums up the Worst Five.
Cticize’s Quote:: Perhaps I can I add A-R-U-N Lal to this list coz he wasted 10 mins on commenting on a Grasshopper rather than cricket and also I would blame the camera crew who sometimes irritatingly focus camera on other things, hence leaving no choice for our commentators but to comment.”
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