Commentators

BJ · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 4:52 pm

"Welcome back. Yes folks, you could win a wonderful prize by quoting the most memorable "Classic Quip" of the World Cup...
Just send your entries to Nick's BB C/O Cricket Forum"

The other night while watching Gilly bat Ravi Shastri commented "He has an eye like a dead fish"...LOL Is that some sort of compliment or what?

BJ

Fradam · Joined: 21 Jun 1999 Location: Bendigo, Victoria

I tell ya what. What annoyed me last Saturday night was everytime Tendulkar hit a ball Tony Greig got so excited like he wanted to bend him over and boof him.

Fradam Wrote This

MrsTarrant · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:31 pm

LoL damn funny guys I want to hear more!

I can't think of anything except for the guy on the radio who was calling Gillespie instead of Gilchrist and my family and I were wondering what the hell Gillespie was doing opening the batting, sure he bowled well but somehow I doubt we will see him opening for Australia one day!

JLC · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:13 am

Boof as in Lehmann...lol

jlc

Symonds picked on potential for the fifth year running ;)

To be great is to be misunderstood

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

JLC · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:15 am

Kerry O'Keefe on the radio is a classic of classics....his laugh used to annoy me but he is actually quite funny.

I love it when he tells a joke and he just laughs uncontrollably but no one else laughs at his joke...lol lol

The other commentators i like are the Indian commentators who come up with the best quotes and sayings etc....this was especially the case on the NZ tour. They are so funny

jlc

Symonds picked on potential for the fifth year running ;)

To be great is to be misunderstood

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

MrsTarrant · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 9:15 am

I love Kerry O'Keefes laugh it rocks it makes me start laughing every time!

I love that one also Pies Premiers!

Fradam · Joined: 21 Jun 1999 Location: Bendigo, Victoria

Last sundays ING cup game

Kerry O'Keefe "My county said we're not much of the opinion of using spinners in one day cricket....then later on they discovered I'm not much of a leg spinner" *insert Kerrys laugh here*

Bill Lawry "Well they're right"

much laughter coming from the back of the commentary box

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couragous cloke · Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:49 pm

i remember in that great series in india when mark waugh took a catch, Tony greg goes " laxman pulls, waugh, he's caught it what a catch, what a catch, what an UNBELIEVEBLE catch, he's STUNNED! he's STUNNED!!! what a catch what a catch, ya have to go laxman!! etc etc etc

it was the funniest bit of commentary ive eva heard, he repeated the same thing about 100 times

footy ROX!

Donny · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:20 pm

I've been waiting for a while to get a good commentator's quip. Haven't heard anything of particular note but Simon O'Donnell's closing sentence, a few minutes ago, deserves a mention.

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, we look forward to your company for the next match on (whenever) between India and ... India.

Donny.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN !!!!

MrsTarrant · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:33 pm

LoL I have been listening real hard too because I like this topic it's very funny! Simon is a real goose isn't he! How about Dennis Commeti commentating during the ING cup by the way I kept thinking I was watching the footy but I wasn't! I swear channel nine have rocks in their heads!

JLC · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 7:33 am

Last night i think it was Tony Greig i could over hear talking on and on about how good Zimbabwe are in the field and how the total they will defend will seem bigger as they field so well. Not long after Gilchrist gets dropped...lol

jlc

Its not arrogance if you can back it up

Fate is what you are given, Destiny is what you do with it

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

MrsTarrant · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 8:44 am

Haha yup I picked up on that one JLC! It's always the way praise a team and they let you down!

Black_White · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 1:42 pm

Back page of Sundays Age Sport lift-out;

"The commentator's Holding, the third umpire's Willey."
-Mike Haysman, South Africa-West Indies, Nine

"We're just outside the capital of Australia - Pretoria. In fact, it's South Africa."
- Tony Greig, World Cup, Fox Sports Two

"We had a bit of fun in the water. Quite a few guys went under."
- Dutch captain Roland Lefebvre cites less than ideal cricket conditions, Australia-Holland.

A Footy one, sorry;

"Their 14th placing prompting their coach to have a look in the Hall Of Mirrors."
--Voice-over, re Danny Frawley/Richmond, Fox Sports News.

-Craig

Delete if in wrong forum.

Fradam · Joined: 21 Jun 1999 Location: Bendigo, Victoria

I've just remembered a classic bill and tony chat

After a close caught behind decision.

Tony "lets look closely to see if we can see a red mark on the edge of his bat"

Bill "Tony...They're using a white ball"

Another from Tony

"The finger's umpire goes up"

Fradam Wrote This

MrsTarrant · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:17 pm

LoL nice ones Fradam!