Does anyone else get irritated by certain phrases that the commentators always use? For example, how many times does Rameez say, “In the end …”
or other commentators saying “The shot was not on” or “He has a go…” or even at the toss the winning captain saying “We’ll have a bowl”; why can’t they just say “We’re going to bowl first”. Another one: “Good contest between bat and ball” or " Its been an absorbing days cricket".
Can anyone else think of other cliche cricketing comments?
On a separate note, I’m really impressed with Sanjay Manjrekar’s commenting ability. He makes a lot of sense when analyzing a team or a player. I think him and Ravi Shastri are the best commentators from Southeast Asia.
The worst has to be Arun Lal; he is just AWFUL.
It is safe to say the cricket commentators are possibly the worst of all the sport commentators. With their lack of originality and creativeness, even good games become boring. Apart from few Australian and English commentators, all other are boring.
If any one watching Ashes, you could see the difference between subcontinent commentator, camera crew and aussies/english commentator and crew. Aussies and english tell you the technical aspect of a player, e.g. compare cook and hussey front foot use, comparing bowling actions, commenting on players strengths and weaknesses, while subcontinent commentator will tell u, what a shot, through cover, and camera crew show people in the crowd rather than any action replay or shots comparison.
I just wonder if Haroon Rashid and I. Alam are commenting for free?
Aussies commentator bring excitement to the game. They are passionate about the game and it shows in their voice. Can you Imagine if late Steve the crock hunter was a commentator .. :)
you are right about subcontinent people Ramiz/Sanjay and others have limitied vocablory and they use same words over and over again until u pull your hair. for example I noticed Waqar Younis in India's tour last year must have said "nick" 1000 times, he is in good nick, he is not in good nick, he nicked the ball ..ughh.
Ramiz also uses "phenomenal" quite a lot.
Arun Lal and Sidhu should never ever be allowed to comment in "serious" games. both of them are clowns.
Subcontinental commentators are passionate when they do commentary in their own subcontinental language. Have you people never listened to an urdu cricket or hockey commentary? Its like the commentator is having an orgasm at every wicket, six and goal.
Can those Pakistani cricket fans of the by-gone era recall this radio commentator..."Aastray-liaa kay shehar Melbourne say ------ ---------- aap kau khush aamdeed kehta hay. Pur shaffaaf neelay aasmaan per halkay halkay baadal chaaye huay haiN aur sureeli hawaa Melbourne ki baalaa imaartauN kau chooti huee iss khoobsuret aur wasee maidaan per lehra raahee hay...Pakistan nay toss jeet ker pehlay ballay baazi kaa faislaa kiyaa hay..."
"Imran Khan apney nishaan per pohanchey, murey aur doorna shroo kiya, Imran uchley aur gaind ki, gaind balley kay bahiri kinarey ko chotey hoi slips kay upper sey guzar gai aur chokka. Imran khush nazar nahi aa rahey hain."
ANother Munir gem...."Iqbal Qasim aaye, gaind kee....aur Richards kaa zor-daar shaaT......aur yay chakkaaaa....nahee, Sikander Bakht boundary line per gaind kay neechay aarahay haiN.... aur yay catch pakkaRR liyaaa.....OUT.....naheee umpire nay chakkay kaa ishaara day diyaa"
I can remember :
“nehayat hee napi tulee gaind karayee heay jisko ba’tsman bilkul bhee smajh na sakay aur gaind wikut keepur kay haathon main ovur ka khatma aur ab ayain gay komentaree kay leeyay chishti mujahi jinkay saath maher hain sarfraz nawaz..”
and
“kiya hee shandar stroke khela heay…off stump say zara baher nikal tee hoee gaind thee aur isko behtreen tareeqay say kovurs kee taraf khel diya ..umpire ka isharah …chaar runz ..”
and
“aur run owt honay ka khatrah…gaind wikton kay bilkul pass say guzar gayee ..aur chance miss ho gaya…”
or other commentators saying "The shot was not on" or "He has a go..." or even at the toss the winning captain saying "We'll have a bowl"; why can't they just say "We're going to bowl first". Another one: "Good contest between bat and ball" or " Its been an absorbing days cricket".
Can anyone else think of other cliche cricketing comments?
On a separate note, I'm really impressed with Sanjay Manjrekar's commenting ability. He makes a lot of sense when analyzing a team or a player. I think him and Ravi Shastri are the best commentators from Southeast Asia.
The worst has to be Arun Lal; he is just AWFUL.
I don't actually think much of Manjrekar. He repeats the same few lines in every match and tends to get quite sentiMENTAL at times. For instance in the last series v WI he was going on about the state of the pitches in Pakistan all the time. I thought that was pretty monotonous and boring to listen. Yes the pitches could have been better for the test series but it's a subcontinental problem excluding SriLanka where pitches are traditionally greener and have more bounce and movement. Most of the pitches in India and Pakistan look like rolled out strips of cement/sand + the outfields are n't very green either.
Spot on 
and he says it in a very unique way (typical accent)