**Offical** Commentary complaints thread

[BSM]

Not a complaint but did anyone else think Simon Doull was unusually subdued when Boult got Kohli? Would not have blamed him for getting really excited, but sounded almost as if he didn't want the wicket to happen.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Not a complaint but did anyone else think Simon Doull was unusually subdued when Boult got Kohli? Would not have blamed him for getting really excited, but sounded almost as if he didn't want the wicket to happen.

Angling for an IPL coaching gig

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

They even tweeted out Ian Smith's hype package for the last bit of the match

https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup/status/1149004227173322752

Ganguly trying to hold back his tears, just hook it up to my veins.

 

[morgieb]

How dare you blokes rag on the human calculator

Who?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Bevan

 

[quincywagstaff]

Not a complaint but did anyone else think Simon Doull was unusually subdued when Boult got Kohli? Would not have blamed him for getting really excited, but sounded almost as if he didn't want the wicket to happen.

Yeah, thought so at the time and listening back all three opening wickets were pretty subdued Doull commentary. Seemed to really miss the moment; just imagine how Bill Lawry would've commentaries that period of play.

 

[Flem274*]

Lets just say after being in hamilton for a few years ive become aware that doull is not one of the great new zealanders

 

[GotSpin]

Who?

Dhoni

 

[Arachnodouche]

The two lady comms they've got make the rest of the men sound like a bunch of gibbering monkeys.

 

[quincywagstaff]

I like him as a commentator more than most but that previous Slater stint was him at his self-indulgent worst.

 

[bk19xsa]

How can some posters rate Isa Guha as relatively good? She puts everyone to sleep with her monotone voice.

Her and Harsha together was the equivalent of general anesthesia being given out.

No excitement what so ever if a boundary is struck or something unusual happens. It was bewildering that she raised her voice slightly when they showed replays of wickets falling earlier in the match.

 

[Victor Ian]

I hate exited commentary. It should be low key and calm. '...and he has hit that over the rope'. '...he's out. Nice ball, that'. Noisy outbursts should be the domain of heathen sports like football.

 

[trundler]

There should be excitement but understated, graceful excitement like Blofeld, not Danny Morrison.

 

[Howsie]

A few days late but the commentary during the NZ-India semi final was actually unbearable. Bar Smithy the entire commentary team was practically willing India home. It's hard to put into words and I definitely wasn't the only one who noticed it but even watching the replay it was able to rile me up. It was shocking, like listening to Pat Symcox in 2011 all over again.

 

[Bahnz]

A few days late but the commentary during the NZ-India semi final was actually unbearable. Bar Smithy the entire commentary team was practically willing India home. It's hard to put into words and I definitely wasn't the only one who noticed it but even watching the replay it was able to rile me up. It was shocking, like listening to Pat Symcox in 2011 all over again.

haha, talk **** about Doull all you want, but I'll always cherish the memory of him trolling Symcox with a hearty "Well Pat, South Africa not doing so well suddenly, aye?" after AB's run out.

 

[morgieb]

I hate exited commentary. It should be low key and calm. '...and he has hit that over the rope'. '...he's out. Nice ball, that'. Noisy outbursts should be the domain of heathen sports like football.

Proper excitment is gun IMO. So as long as it sounds authentic and at key moments rather than creaming the top whenever the batsmen hits a four regardless of context.

 

[vcs]

Proper excitment is gun IMO. So as long as it sounds authentic and at key moments rather than creaming the top whenever the batsmen hits a four regardless of context.

Ian Bishop and Nasser Hussain get this right. Ravi Shastri and Mike Haysman, not so much.

 

[Daemon]

I hate exited commentary. It should be low key and calm. '...and he has hit that over the rope'. '...he's out. Nice ball, that'. Noisy outbursts should be the domain of heathen sports like football.

Are you a Tony Greig hater? If so please give yourself an uppercut.

 

[Bijed]

Are you a Tony Greig hater? If so please give yourself an uppercut.

Grieg was awesome, probably my favourite commentator. If someone else came along with his style, I'd probably find it annoying, but it worked so well with him. Miss him

 

[Arachnodouche]

I hate exited commentary. It should be low key and calm. '...and he has hit that over the rope'. '...he's out. Nice ball, that'. Noisy outbursts should be the domain of heathen sports like football.

Agree strongly. I can summon all the excitement I need on my own, thank you very much. I was doing an ugly jig half-clothed in a dark living room while Jadeja was cutting lose. No cheerleader needed.