India finally found their answer to Waqar Younis. This guy knows SHIIT about commentating and yet finds himself in the seat with a cushion.
His latest gem is calling the 29 yr 282 days old Paul Collingwood a ‘young lad’
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I admit, I saw this coming a mile away. Didn’t think it would be from the number one fan of “Men In Blue”. 
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On one ocassion, Srinath (speaking of SreeSanth): “If this lad can pick up 5 wickets in this test match, it will have a lasting impression in his career.”
And I am left thinking…Just like it did for Sami four years ago?
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His latest gem is calling the 29 yr 282 days old Paul Collingwood a 'young lad'
absolutely right...
he offers no insight .....and his command of english is just slightly better than Waqar's...
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Are you kidding me? This guy is the next Geoffery Boycott. :D
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Where's Harsha?? It's pathetic...our best guys are Harsha and Ravi and they are nowhere to be seen....
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Has there ever been an instance in Test Cricket where a Sardaar jee bowled to another Sardaar jee? This Bhaajju- Monty duel could be a new record of sorts.
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harsha is a espn man ...... my fav....
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better then waqar? yea ok.. this guys mouth needs to be taped shut, and that accent is just extremely annoying, i wonder how botham is feeling lol!
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In that case, I think poor ol' Dean Jones hanged himself several times after consistently getting pieces of "BUT-TAAAAH's" and "AND-AAAA's" from our very own legendary Waqar. :D
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:D :D where do you get all these ideas from....but seriously, i do not think that if it ever happened before.....i guess Bhajju gonna eat Monty without any problem.....
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His latest gem is calling the 29 yr 282 days old Paul Collingwood a 'young lad'
well yeah, he was not impressive but yarr give him a little bit time....i said the same thing about waqar younis.....i am not sure but may be it is srinath's first time in the commentary box.....
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This is typical desi behaviuor (criticizing our own). Waqar does offers little insight but he is a lot better and more bearable than the likes of Aamir Sohail, SevaRama, Arun LaL; Srinath included.
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From what it seemed like, Srinath needs a hand-full of "animation" in his commentary. He sounded like someone who was reading a pre-written text script, and even that with a pint of salt.
At least Waqar makes up his words and phrases as he goes along, on the lines of "An A*x-cellent delivery", "*Beauuu-tee-full Shot" and "The ball went in the huge gap between the keeper and fine leg".
I love this guy. :D
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so true.. :k:
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^I do not agree...Waqar and the word "Insight" should not be used in the same sentence. He almost always just states the obvious besides making some "common man" type of statements - "I don't think Pakistan can put up a total of 300+ now"..
See...the thing is that commentary demands some special communciation skills. Just because one was a great cricketer does not automatically mean he will be able to articulate great insights as a commentator.
Kapil Dev. for instance, came across mostly as a "layman" in the commentary box . Shastri/Manjrekar, on the other hand, had mediocre cricket careers but are great commentators.
I just cannot understand why so many ex-players with some knowledge of English fancy themselves in the commentary box after their cricket career is over.
Finally I do not also agree with the "criticizing our own" accusation. Shastri/Manjrekar/Rameez/Gavaskar are also Desis but most people admire their commentator skills.
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Pyaray Gupshup bhaiyyo,
I heard Srinath's commentary yesterday and oh boy, giving the microphone to Srinath seems to be giving the microphone to Inzamam atleast to me. It's not that Srinath doesn't know about Cricket. It's the fact that it's his first journey in the commentary box and he'll take time to settle. I don't know why some of you are criticizing Waqar. Waqar's commentary has a lot of depth about a bowler or any batsmen. In my view, Srinath is no comparison to Waqar but he will be ok as time goes...
Really if you ask me, I miss "RAVI SHASTRI" big time. He's the best in the Indian commentary side along with Harsha Bhogle. I wonder where he is. Sanjay Manjrekar is good and Ramiz Raja is exceptional. I listen to Ramiz Raja with great intent and he does the job at his best. If you look across the subcontinent, then Raja, Shastri and Manjrekar are the top class. But overall, we can add Tony Greig, Geoff Boycott(Cricketing genius), Ian Chappell and Ian Botham. I really like Botham as he's really articulate and not to forget "Arun Lal.(LOLLL)" Arun Lal is taking place of Gavaskar as the most biased commentator with minute commentary skills. What you guys think??
Umer
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Well, Waqar’s commentary reminded me of that guy in the movie “Salaam- Namaste” …where this desi dude has settled in Australia…and his ‘egg-zagtly’…this guy has no idea of when to use “the” or “a”…he even used “the” with proper nouns…
On the other hand, Arun Lal has much better command of english, but he mostly talks “trash”… too biased…
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From my point of view, speaking strictly in terms of bowling techniques and solely in that deparment only, I do have a strong reason to believe that Waqar infact, does, an excellent job, with his vast masteries in the art of reverse swing. But that is where the fun stops, at that corner. As they say, legends are hard to come by, as denoted by this quote below:
Even though, at this current point in time, it will be similar to comparing apples and oranges when speaking about these two individuals (Waqar and Srinath), the latter does have miles ahead to look forward to, but after hearing him last night, I am leaning towards negative on putting alot of weight in the "animated" side of Srinath's pendulum. If he has started out this way, granted that he will pick up a majestic line here and there from his fellow commentators and whatnot, the "style" might not change over-time, in the long-run.
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i think waqar younis has trouble communicating because of his limited vocabulary. i mean, he does a decent job (minus his annoying australian/english/apu from the simpsons accent), but sometimes i find that he wants to give his insight but just can't because he doesn't know how to express himself.
i think ramiz raja is a little better because he has a better vocabulary and knows how to articulate and express his opinions when necessary.
but this indian dude is just next level... at times i would get ashamed of things waqar younis would say since they would make no sense, but srinath is really helping raise waqar younis's credibility. haha
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And there's a reason for it, known to the vast majority. I brought this up earlier as well. During the first session of the fourth day's play of the third test match between two arch-rivals, Dean Jones and Arun Lal stepped over the line quite shockingly, to my surprise. Not that Rameez hasn't accomplished this feat, time and time again throughout this commentating career, but to actually think that, one of the most reasonable commentators in the eyes of Jones, alongwith Lal of all people, would repeatedly emphasize on how Pakistan was "scared" of India (their exact words weren't too far from this, either) was unbelievable. They just ripped apart Younis Khan/Inzamam's captaincy to shreds, and blasted their decision-making skills, declaring an all-out war and wondering why Pakistan didn't declare at the end of previous day's play with round-about 600 plethora of runs on the board, with a huge lead in their second innings (Please do correct me if I am mistaken).
Comments (such as "scared") coming from ex-cricketers are all fine and dandy, but to actually be there live and remembering it now as I type was and is simply unbearable, to say the least.