Cricket thread

[AndyRM]

I think the BBC are too scared to sack him.
They have had numerous opportunities if they wanted to.

I was a bit surprised they didn't use his latest dodgy remarks as a reason.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I like Blowers (so to speak), did I tell you about the time he presented me with an award...

 

[rich p]

I was a bit surprised they didn't use his latest dodgy remarks as a reason.

I even emailed them!

 

[Beebo]

I was a bit surprised they didn't use his latest dodgy remarks as a reason.

I agree, they sacked Carol Thatcher for a similar issue during a private conversation

 

[nickyboy]

I even emailed them!

You go Rich !!!

Actually, on the subject of commentators, on Sky I really like Atherton whom I find very insightful. At the other end of the spectrum is Botham

 

[rich p]

You go Rich !!!

Actually, on the subject of commentators, on Sky I really like Atherton whom I find very insightful. At the other end of the spectrum is Botham

Agreed. Botham is a big-headed tit like Boycott.
On the radio, I like Michael Vaughan a lot as an insightful expert.

 

[AndyRM]

Agreed. Botham is a big-headed tit like Boycott.
On the radio, I like Michael Vaughan a lot as an insightful expert.

I like Vaughan too, but I find his tone of voice infuriating. He sounds so smug!

 

[MikeG]

Boycott has become an irritating cliche ridden parody of himself, and he's relentlessly negative.

But at least he knows what he is talking about, in stark contrast to Blofeld. As a fun aside, I have commentated with Blofeld on a Sunday League game, when I was injured and unable to play in it. He knows virtually nothing about what is going on in the middle, which is why he spends so much time talking about happenings outside the playing area.

 

[green1]

cook has now dropped 3 basic slip catches in a row. 2 in the last innings and 1 this morning.
Is time catching up with him?

No such thing as a easy slip catch, I've shelled more than a few in my time.

 

[MikeG]

No such thing as a easy slip catch, I've shelled more than a few in my time.

.......and the sighting at Lord's is notoriously awful.

 

[rich p]

Simon Mann is a steady hand on the tiller and adds a different dimension as a non-former Test player.
Much as CMJ did, although not in such a posh tone!

 

[AndyRM]

But at least he knows what he is talking about, in stark contrast to Blofeld. As a fun aside, I have commentated with Blofeld on a Sunday League game, when I was injured and unable to play in it. He knows virtually nothing about what is going on in the middle, which is why he spends so much time talking about happenings outside the playing area.

Boycott spends more time talking about his daughter's hockey team, sticks of rhubarb, his mother's apron and how he fancies a bat than he does talking about cricket.

 

[Beebo]

Simon Mann is a steady hand on the tiller and adds a different dimension as a non-former Test player.
Much as CMJ did, although not in such a posh tone!

I like Daggers. He also has 1st class experience but no test caps.
Also has a regional accent which is nice to hear.

 

[rich p]

But at least he knows what he is talking about, in stark contrast to Blofeld. As a fun aside, I have commentated with Blofeld on a Sunday League game, when I was injured and unable to play in it. He knows virtually nothing about what is going on in the middle, which is why he spends so much time talking about happenings outside the playing area.

Blofeld is there largely to commentate on what he sees, whereas Boycott is there as an expert summariser.

 

[MikeG]

Boycott spends more time talking about his daughter's hockey team, sticks of rhubarb, his mother's apron and how he fancies a bat than he does talking about cricket.

That's usually more informative than what members of the crowd are wearing or what a bloody pigeon is doing. Blofeld doesn't talk cricket because he can't. Boycott, irritating and smug as he is, at least has some insight into what is going on in the middle. I guess it's the difference between listening to the shipping forecast as a captain at sea, and listening to it in the leafy suburbs as a sign that all is well with the world.