I am talking about the recently concluded match @ Lahore. What did we the viewers do to endure the torture? Was Zaheer Abbas not good enough to torture us during the test series that we had to tolerate Mr You know like Mushtaq Ahmed as well.
There was a time last night when I realized that I am probably listening to the worst ever team of commentators and it got really difficult to deicde who sucked the most. And I thought Waqar and Mohsin Khan’s combo was the lethal one but this combo took the cake.
Is this the best we have to put in a commentary box??? Is it really important to have a Pakistani commentator in the box if they are not good enough?
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they're not that bad...it gives a nice touch...just like hearing Bill Lawry screaming in an Adelaide Match--you don't want Zaheer Abbas commentating there.
What's annoying is when commentators who have nothing to do with the match show up. Tony Greig is an expert at this--he's always sticking his nose into subcontinent matches--I wonder if the others call him a feelthy foreigner behind his back
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I agree with fkhan2. I thought Sohail+Waqar were bad but man Zaheer+Mushtaq are THE worst. Mushtaq speaks good english but his "like you know" is irritating. And Zhaeer Abbas has nothing ever to say. His "I must say" and his sarcastic remarks are annoying.
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And lets not forget Mr. Zaheer's "NO DOUBT(s)" ...
Why are we trying to ask ex-cricketers to fill in this seat all the time. Chishti Mujahid was one of the best english commentators after Omer Qureshi but wonder why we are totally relying on this ex-cricketers who can't even put together a sentence.
You need to understand URDU inorder to understand Mr. Zaheer's expert comments coz only then you can get something out of his sentence structure.
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The worst expert comments I heard from the commentator box were from Sarfraz Nawaz, 12 years ago. Comments were "Malak ko chaheeyay tha ke taang nikal ke kheltay"
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to this list we can add, Ifti aka Iftikhar Ahmed.
And lets not forget Mr. Zaheer's "NO DOUBT(s)" ...
Why are we trying to ask ex-cricketers to fill in this seat all the time. Chishti Mujahid was one of the best english commentators after Omer Qureshi but wonder why we are totally relying on this ex-cricketers who can't even put together a sentence.
You need to understand URDU inorder to understand Mr. Zaheer's expert comments coz only then you can get something out of his sentence structure.
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What's annoying is when commentators who have nothing to do with the match show up. Tony Greig is an expert at this--he's always sticking his nose into subcontinent matches--I wonder if the others call him a feelthy foreigner behind his back
see thats the problem. Why do we have to have Pakistani commentators in a Pakistani game if they are not good. Viewers like to listens to expert opinions, reviews and comments. Frankly speaking the fun of watching a game is further increased when you have a knowledgeable person sitting behind the mic.
How can you say that some commentators have got nothinbg to do with a particular match. People like Tony Greig, Ian Chappel, Ritchie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Sunil Gavaskar, Imran Khan, Michael Holding, Geoff Boycott, Rameez Raja, Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar etc. are the folks who have everything to do as far as commentary is concerned in a match.
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Folks...I think you ALL are wasting YOUR time trying to figure out on the dilapidated commentators in Pakistan....!!!
First remember---they dont care a hoot ! Second----the MERIT is last thing that prevails in such matters on cricket or any sports in PAKISTAN. Thirdly---whatever good stuff you've got on commentary is very cunningly thrown out.
REASON?
MONEY MONEY MONEY-----its a filthman's world!
Chishty, Rameez are the only ones of PAKISTAN scenario who make sense...in ENGLISH.
In URDU, there's no match to MIRZA IQBAL BEG while Munir Bhai is a veteran now...but still someone to reckon with us...and of course Hasan Jalil who now lives in America.
Thank your lucky stars that HAROON RASHEED & SIKANDAR BAKHT didn't turn up alongside INTIKHAB ALAM.........:)
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If Indians can put up with Arun Lal on a prolonged basis, we should be OK with Zaheer and Mushy once in a blue moon. Arun Lal is extremely annoying. I honestly don't know how indian viewers can stand him.
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In URDU, there's no match to MIRZA IQBAL BEG while Munir Bhai is a veteran now...but still someone to reckon with us...and of course Hasan Jalil who now lives in America.
Hasan jalil and Munir Hussain are no doubt the Urdu commentary icons. Haven't heard MIB that much, although I use to read his articles in Jang Midweek mag. every week when I was in Pakistan. Dont know if he still writes there or not.
If Indians can put up with Arun Lal on a prolonged basis, we should be OK with Zaheer and Mushy once in a blue moon. Arun Lal is extremely annoying. I honestly don't know how indian viewers can stand him.
FG, Arun LOL is pathetic as well but seriously he still is way better than Zahher abbas and Mushtaq Ahmed. And even if he sucks, do we still have to present an equally suckiest commentator, as if we have an unpopularity contest going on?