List of cricket commentators
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[1] is a list of notable media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket from around the world.
A number of famous players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game. The following is a list of the cricket commentators, including name, nationality, Broadcaster/Publication and other careers.
Name | First-class / List A career | Broadcaster/Publication |
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Russel Arnold | Sri Lanka 1997-2007 Nondescripts Cricket Club 1993-2007 Chennai Superstars |
TEN Sports 2009–present Star Sports Tamil 2019–present |
Ranil Abeynaike | Bedfordshire 1982 Sinhalese Sports Club 1989–1990 |
TEN Sports 2004–2011 2006–2011 |
Karunaratne Abeysekera | None | Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Roshan Abeysinghe | None | TEN Sports 2010–present |
H. D. Ackerman | South Africa 1998 | SuperSport () |
Jonathan Agnew | Leicestershire 1978–1990, 1992 England 1984–1985 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1991–present The People 1990–1991 BBC Television 1999, 2006–2009 ABC ?-present |
Wasim Akram | Pakistan 1985–2003 | ESPN Star Sports 2003-2015 Channel 4 1999-2002 |
Terry Alderman | Western Australia 1974–1963 Australia 1981–1991 Kent 1984–1986 Gloucestershire 1988 |
ABC (Grandstand) 1993-present[1] |
Paul Allott | Lancashire 1978–1991 England 1981–1985 |
BBC Television 1994–1995 Sky Sports 1995–present |
Rex Alston (1901–1994) | None | BBC Radio 1945–1957[2] BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1964[2] |
John Arlott (1914–1991) | None | BBC Radio 1946–1957[3][4] BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1980[4] The Guardian 1968–1980 |
Athar Ali Khan | Bangladesh 1988–1998 | Independent Television 2013–present |
Mike Atherton | Lancashire 1987–2001 England 1989–2001 |
Channel 4 2002–2005 Sunday Telegraph The Times TalkSPORT 2004–2005 Sky Sports 2005–present |
Trevor Bailey (1923 - 2011) | Essex 1946–1967 England 1949–1959 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1967–1999[5] |
Jack Bannister (1930 - 2016) | Warwickshire 1950–1968 | BBC Television 1984–1998 TalkSPORT 2001–2015 |
Richie Benaud (1930-2015) | New South Wales 1948–1964 Australia 1952–1964 |
BBC Television 1960–1999, 2007[6] Channel 9 1977–2013[7] Channel 4 1999–2005[6] Channel 5 2009[8] |
Harsha Bhogle | None | ABC 1991–present ESPN Star Sports 1995– BBC 1998– Fox Cricket 2018- |
Ian Bishop | West Indies 1989–1998 | Sky Sports 2005–present Channel 4 2000-2004 SABC Television 2005–2008 Channel 5 2007-2009 |
Greg Blewett | South Australia 1991–2007 Australia 1995–2000 |
Sky Sports 2009– Seven Network 2018- |
Henry Blofeld | Cambridge University 1958–1960 | ITV 1966-1969 BBC (Test Match Special) 1972–1991, 1994–2017[9][10] Sky Sports 1991–1992[9] |
Sir Ian Botham | Somerset 1974–1985 Worcestershire 1986–1991 Durham 1992–1993 England 1976–1992 |
BBC Television 1994–1995
Sky Sports 1995–2019[11][12] |
Sir Geoffrey Boycott | Yorkshire 1962–1986 England 1964–1982 |
Sky Sports 1990–1998 BBC Television 1993–1998 TalkSPORT 1998–2003 Channel 4 2004–2005 BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2020[13] Channel 5 2006–2020 |
James Brayshaw | Western Australia 1987–1990 South Australia 1990–1997 |
Nine Network 2007–2016[14] |
Freddie Brown (1910–1991) | England 1931–1953 | BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–69 |
Mark Butcher | Surrey 1992–2009 England 1997–2004 |
talkSPORT 2018–2019[15] ITV Sport 2010-2014 Sky Sports 2018-present |
Jim Burke | Australia 1951–1959 | |
Chris Cairns | New Zealand 1989–2004 | Fox Sports Australia 2012–present |
Greg Chappell [a] | South Australia 1966–1973 Queensland 1973–1984 Somerset 1968–1969 Australia 1970–1984 |
Channel 9 1989–1994 |
Ian Chappell [a] | South Australia 1961–1980 Lancashire 1963 Australia 1964–1980 |
Channel 9 1980–2018[16] ESPN Star sports 2007–present Channel 5 2009 |
Michael Charlton | None | ABC 1954–?[17] BBC Radio 1956 (Ashes series)[17][18] |
Charles Colville | None | Sky Sports 1990–present |
Denis Compton (1918–1997) | England 1937–1957 Middlesex 1936-58 |
BBC Television 1958–75 Sunday Express |
Jeremy Coney | Wellington 1971–1987 New Zealand 1974–1987 |
Sports Roundup/Radio Sport 1990–2000 Sky Sport 2004 |
Sir Alastair Cook | Bedfordshire 2002 Essex 2003-present England 2006–2018 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2019-present[19]
BBC Television 2020-present |
Dominic Cork | Derbyshire 1990–2003 Lancashire 2004–2008 Hampshire 2009–2011 England 1992–2002 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2010 –present Pakistan Television Corporation 2009–present Talksport 2013–present Sky Sports 2011–present |
Jamie Cox | Tasmania 1987–2005 | |
Tony Cozier (1940–2016) | None | 1961–1969 Nine Network 1977–1992 ABC ?–? Sky Sports BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–2015[20] |
Peter Cranmer (1914–1994) | Warwickshire 1934–1954 | BBC (Test Match Special) 1965–1968 [21] |
Martin Crowe (1962 - 2016) | New Zealand 1982–1995 | Sky Sport 2006 |
Craig Cumming | Canterbury 1995–2000 Otago 2000–2015 New Zealand 2005–2009 |
Sky Sport 2014 |
Aravinda De Silva | Sri Lanka 1984–2003 | Sky Sports 2006 |
Ted Dexter | Sussex 1956–1968 England 1958–1968 |
BBC Television 1968-19?? |
Allan Donald | South Africa 1991–2003 | |
Simon Doull | New Zealand 1992–2000 | Sky Sport 2006– |
Rahul Dravid | Karnataka 1990–2012 Kent 2000 Scotland 2003 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008–2010 Rajasthan Royals 2011–2013 India 1996–2012 |
ESPN Star sports 2012–present ABC 2014–present BCCI 2012–present |
Jeff Dujon | Jamaica 1974–1993 West Indies 1981–1991 |
Sky Sports |
Matthew Engel | None | The Guardian Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
Farokh Engineer | India 1961–1975 | BBC (Test Match Special) |
Percy Fender (1892–1985) | Sussex 1910–1913 Surrey 1914–1935 MCC 1920–1936 England 1921–1929 |
BBC Television 1946–? [22] |
Ranjit Fernando | Ceylon 1964–1978 Sri Lanka 1975 |
Ten Sports 2004–2009 |
Jack Fingleton | New South Wales 1928–1940 Australia 1932–1938 |
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Kate Fitzpatrick | None | Channel 9 (Australia) 1983[23][24] |
Damien Fleming | Australia 1994–2001 | ABC ?-present Fox Sports 2010-2012 Channel 7 2018-present[25] Channel 10 2013-2017 |
Tom Fordyce | None | BBC Live Text |
Charles Fortune | None | SABC |
Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler | Lancashire 1979–1991 Durham 1992–1994 England 1982–1985 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1994–2005 |
Angus Fraser | Middlesex 1984–2002 England 1989–1999 |
BBC (Test Match Special) The Independent 2002– |
David Frith | None | The Cricketer Wisden Cricket Monthly 1979–1996 |
C. B. Fry | Oxford University 1892–1895 Sussex 1894–1908 England 1895–1912 |
BBC Radio 1936–? |
Sourav Ganguly | Bengal 1989–2012 Lancashire 2000 Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2010 Pune Warriors India 2011–2012 India 1992–2008 |
ESPN Star sports 2010–present BCCI 2012–present |
Mike Gatting | Middlesex 1975–1998 England 1977–1994 |
BBC (Test Match Special) |
Sunil Gavaskar | Mumbai 1966–1988 Somerset 1980 India 1971–1987 |
ESPN Star Sports 1992– BCCI BBC (Test Match Special) SuperSport 2018[26] |
Alan Gibson (1923–1997) | None | BBC (Test Match Special) 1962–1975 The Times |
Adam Gilchrist | New South Wales 1992–1994 Western Australia 1994–2008 Deccan Chargers 2008–2010 Middlesex 2010 Kings XI Punjab 2011–2013 |
Fox Sports 2018-present[25] |
Arthur Gilligan (1894–1976) | Cambridge University 1919–1920 Surrey 1919 Sussex 1920–1932 England 1922–1925 |
ABC[27] |
Rev. Frank Gillingham (1875–1953) | Essex 1903–1928 | BBC Radio 1927–?[28][29] |
Graham Gooch | Essex 1973–2000 England 1978–1992 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2002–2009 |
Darren Gough | Yorkshire 1989–2003; 2007–2008 Essex 2004–2006 England 1994–2006 |
talkSPORT 2018–2019[15] |
David Gower | Leicestershire 1975–1989 Hampshire 1990–1993 England 1978–1992 |
BBC Television1995–1999 Sky Sports 1999–2019[12] Sunday Times |
Tom Graveney (1927 - 2015) | England 1951–1969 | |
Tony Greig (1946 - 2012) | Sussex 1966–1978 England 1972–1977 |
Nine Network 1979–2012 Channel 4 2005 TEN Sports |
Isa Guha | Thames Valley 1998–1999 Berkshire 2000–present England 2002–2011 |
Fox Sports 2018–present[30]
ITV Sport 2010-2014 |
Alex Hartley | Lancashire 2008-2012 Middlesex 2013-2016 Surrey Stars 2016 Lancashire 2017-present England 2016-present |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2020-present[31] |
Bob Harvie | None | Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Mike Haysman | Leicestershire – | SuperSport () TEN Sports |
Ian Healy | Queensland 1986–1999 Australia 1988–1999 |
Channel 9 1999–present[32] Fox Sports 2018–present[32][33] |
Michael Holding | West Indies 1975–1987 | Sky Sports Nine Network 1992–present |
David Hookes | South Australia 1975–1992 Australia 1977–1986 |
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Robert Hudson (1920—2010) [b] | None | BBC Television 1949–1950, 1962–1964 BBC (Test Match Special) 1958, 1962–1968[34] |
Simon Hughes | Middlesex 1980–1992 Durham 1992–1993 |
The Independent Daily Telegraph Channel 4 1999–2005[35] Channel 5 2006–2017[35] BBC (Test Match Special) 2007–present |
Nasser Hussain | Essex 1987–2004 England 1989–2004 |
Sky Sports 2004–present |
Michael Hussey [c] | Western Australia 2004–2013 Australia 2004–2013 |
Fox Sports 2018-present[36] |
Ray Illingworth | England 1958–1973 | BBC Television 1984-1993 |
Robin Jackman (1945–2020) | England 1974–1983 | SuperSport () |
Mahela Jayawardene | Sinhalese Sports Club 1995–2015 Sri Lanka 1997–2004 |
talkSPORT 2018–2019[15] |
Brian Johnston (1912–1994) | None | BBC Television 1946–1970[37] BBC (Test Match Special) 1966–1994[38][37] |
Dean Jones | Australia 1984–1992 | ABC TEN Sports 2003–2006[39][40] Zee Sports 2007–2008 (Indian Cricket League) NDTV 24x7 2010 Star Sports 2018–2020 (Select Dugout) |
Rob Key | Kent 1998-2016 England 2002-2009 |
Sky Sports 2012–present |
Nick Knight | Warwickshire 1991–2006 England 1995–2003 |
Sky Sports 2006–present |
Jim Laker | England 1948–1959 | ITV 1966-1968 BBC Television 1969–1985 |
Arun Lal | India 1982–1989 | 2003– TEN Sports 2010– |
Gavin Larsen | Wellington 1984–1999 New Zealand 1990–1999 |
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Geoff Lawson | Australia 1989–2004 | ABC ?-present |
Bill Lawry | Victoria 1955–1972 Australia 1961–1971 |
Channel 9 1977–2018[41][42] |
Brett Lee | New South Wales 1997–2012 Australia 1999–2012 |
Channel 9 2010–2014[43]
Fox Sports 2018-present[36] |
Darren Lehmann | Australia 1996–2005 | Sky Sports 2005–2007 |
Tony Lewis | Glamorgan 1955–1974 England 1972–1973 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1975–1984 The Sunday Telegraph 1975–1993 BBC Television 1984–1998 |
David Lloyd [d] | Lancashire 1965–1983 England 1973–1980 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–1995 Sky Sports 1999–present[44] Channel 9 2013-14 (The Ashes) |
Simon Mann | None | BBC (Radio 5) 1994–1996 BBC (Test Match Special) 1996–present |
Sanjay Manjrekar | Mumbai 1984–1998 India 1987–1996 |
ESPN Star Sports 2009–present TEN Sports 2003–2009 |
Neil Manthorp | None | SuperSport () BBC (Test Match Special) ABC ?-present Talksport 2003-2008 |
Vic Marks | Somerset 1975–1989 England 1982–1988 |
The Observer 1989–present BBC (Test Match Special) 1992–present |
Howard Marshall (1900–1973) | None | BBC (BBC Radio) 1927–1945[45] |
Christopher Martin-Jenkins (1945 - 2013) | None | BBC (Test Match Special) 1973–1980, 1985–2012 BBC Television 1980–1985 The Cricketer 1980–1990 Daily Telegraph 1990–1998 The Times 1998–2012 |
Jim Maxwell | None | ABC 1973–present BBC (Test Match Special) 2005– (Ashes series); |
Mpumelelo ("Pommie") Mbangwa | Zimbabwe 1996–2002 | SuperSport () TEN Sports |
Alan McGilvray (1909–1996) | New South Wales 1933–1937 | ABC 1938–1985[46][47] BBC (Test Match Special) 1948–1985 (Ashes series) |
Glenn McGrath | New South Wales 1992–2008 Australia 1993–2007 Worcestershire 2000 Middlesex 2004 Delhi Daredevils 2008-2010 |
Channel 7 (Australia) 2018–present[48] BBC (Test Match Special) 2019 (Ashes series)[49] |
Cate McGregor | None | The Australian Australian Financial Review The Spectator[50] |
Colin Milburn (1941–1990) | Northamptonshire 1960–1969 England 1966–1969 |
BBC Television 1969 [51] BBC (Test Match Special) 1983–1988 [52] |
Alison Mitchell | None | BBC (Radio Five Live; Test Match Special) 2003–present[53] ESPN Star sports 2013, 2014 ABC 2014, 2016-17 Channel 7 (Australia) 2018–present[24] Channel 5 2018-2019 BBC Television 2020-present |
Glenn Mitchell | None | ABC 1990–2011[54][55] |
Drew Morphett | None | ABC 197?-2015 |
Danny Morrison | New Zealand 1987–1997 | Sky Sport 2000–present Fox Sports ABC ?-present |
Don Mosey (1925–1999) | None | BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1991[56] |
Johnny Moyes (1893–1963) | South Australia 1912–1915 Victoria 1920–1921 |
ABC 1950–1963[57][58] |
None | TEN Sports ca.2008–present Others? | |
Mark Nicholas | Hampshire 1978–1995 | Sky Sports 1996–1998 Channel 4 1999–2005[59] Daily Telegraph Nine Network 2001–2018 Channel 5 2006–2019 talkSPORT 2018–2019[citation needed] |
Monty Noble (1873-1940) | New South Wales 1893–1919 Australia 1898–1909 |
ABC |
Kerry O'Keeffe | New South Wales 1968–1980 Australia 1971–1977 |
ABC 2001–2014[60]
Fox Sports (Australia) 2018-present[36] |
Marjorie Pollard (1899–1982) | None | BBC Radio 1938[3] |
Shaun Pollock | KwaZulu Natal 1992-2004 Warwickshire 1996-2002 South Africa 1995-2008 |
SuperSport 2008–present |
Venkatesh Prasad | India 1996–2001 | SET Max 2003 |
Norton Pereira | None | Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation |
Rameez Raja | Servis Industries 1977–1978 Punjab 1978 Lahore City 1979–1983, 1985–1987, 1992–1993 Allied Bank Limited 1983–1984, 1994–1998 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1988–1991 Islamabad 1994 Pakistan 1984–1997 |
TEN Sports BBC (Test Match Special) |
Dermot Reeve | Sussex 1983–1987 Warwickshire 1988–1996 Somerset 1998 MCC 1990 England 1991–1996 |
Channel 4 1999–2005[61] |
Barry Richards | South Africa 1970 | TEN Sports |
Mark Richardson | New Zealand 2000–2004 | Sky Sport 2006–present The Crowd Goes Wild 2006–present |
Vic Richardson (1894–1969) | Australia 1927-1936 | ABC 1929-?[27] |
R C Robertson-Glasgow | Somerset 1920–1935 | The Morning Post The Observer |
Peter Roebuck (1956-2011) | Somerset 1974–1991 | ABC 2001–2011 |
Mike Selvey | Surrey 1968–1971 Middlesex 1972–1982 Glamorgan 1983–1984 England 1976–1977 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1984–2008[62][63] The Guardian 1985–present |
Ravi Shastri | Mumbai 1979–1994 Glamorgan 1987–1989, 1991 India 1981–1992 |
ESPN Star sports 1994–present BCCI 2006–present |
Navjot Singh Sidhu | Punjab 1981–1999 India 1983–1999 |
ESPN Star sports 1999–2003 TEN Sports 2003–2004 NDTV 24x7 2006–2009 Times Now 2010–present |
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | India1983–1987 | BCCI Star Sports Tamil 2017–present |
Michael Slater | New South Wales 1991–2001 Australia 1993���2001 |
Channel 4 2001–2005[64] Sky Sports 2006 ABC ?-? Channel 9 2006–2018[64] Channel 7 2018–present[64] |
Ed Smith | Middlesex 2005-2008 Kent 1996-2004 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2012–2018[65] |
Iain Gallaway | Otago 1946–1948 | Sports Roundup various media 1953-1992 |
Ian Smith | New Zealand 1980–1992 | Sky Sport Channel 4 1999-2003 |
Aamer Sohail | Lahore 1983–1999 Habib Bank Limited 1987–1992 Allied Bank Limited 1995–2001 Karachi 1998–1999 Lahore 2000–2001 Somerset 2001 Pakistan 1990–2000 |
Ten Sports 2001–present |
Keith Stackpole | Victoria 1959-1974 Australia 1966-1974 |
ABC ?-2005[66] |
Scott Styris | New Zealand 2002– | ) 2006 Star Sports 2018–present (Select Dugout) |
Graeme Swann | Northamptonshire 1998-2004 Nottinghamshire 2005-2013 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2014–present[67] |
E. W. (Jim) Swanton (1907–2000) | Middlesex 1937-8 | BBC Radio 1938–1956[3] BBC (Test Match Special) 1957–1975[3] BBC Television 1948–1967 [22] The Daily Telegraph 1946–1975 |
Donna Symmonds | None | Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 1988–? BBC (Test Match Special) 1998–2000?[68] |
Mark Taylor | New South Wales 1985–1999 Australia 1989–1999 |
Channel 9 1999–present[69] |
Fred Trueman (1931–2006) | Yorkshire 1949–1969 England 1952–1965 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1974–1999[70] Channel 9 1977–1978[71] |
Phil Tufnell | Middlesex 1986–2002 England 1990–2001 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 2003–present BBC Television 2020-present |
Michael Vaughan | Yorkshire 1993–2009 England 1999–2008 |
Channel 5 2009–2019 BBC (Test Match Special) 2009–present[72] Fox sports 2018–present[73] BBC Television 2020-present |
None | BBC Television 1946–? [22] | |
Bryan Waddle | None | Radio New Zealand Radio Sport ABC ?-present |
Max Walker (1948–2016) | Victoria 1969–1982 Australia 1972–1981 |
ABC 1981–1985[74] Channel 9 1986–1991[75] |
Ian Ward | Surrey 1992–2003 Sussex 2003–2005 England 2001 |
Sky Sports 2003–present[76] |
Sir Pelham Warner (1873–1963) | Oxford University 1894–1896 Middlesex 1894–1920 |
BBC Radio 1927–?[28] |
Shane Warne | Hampshire 2000–2007 Australia 1992–2006 Rajasthan Royals 2008–2010 Victoria 1990–2006 |
Nine Network 2008–2018 Sky Sports 2009–present[77] Star Sports 2013–present[78] BCCI 2012–present Fox Sports 2018–present[25] |
None | Local radio, Sydney 1922 [e][3] ABC 1924–?[79] | |
Mark Waugh | New South Wales 1985–2004 Essez 1988–1989 Australia 1988–2002 |
Channel 10 2013–2018[80] Fox sports 2018–present[73] |
Kepler Wessels | Queensland 1979–1986 Australia 1982–1985 South Africa 1992–94 Sussex 1976–1980 |
SuperSport () |
Peter West (1920–2003) | None | BBC Television 1952–1986[81][82] |
Arlo White | None | BBC (Test Match Special) 2005–2008[83] |
Alan Wilkins | Glamorgan 1975–1979, 1983 Gloucestershire 1980–1982 |
BBC 1987–1998 ESPN Star Sports 2000–present |
Bob Willis (1949–2019) | Surrey, Warwickshire 1969–1984 England 1971–1984 |
Sky Sports |
John Woodcock | None | The Guardian The Times |
Norman Yardley (1915–1989) | Yorkshire 1935–1955 England 1938–1950 |
BBC (Test Match Special) 1956–1969 |
Waqar Younis | Karachi, Lahore, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Redco Pakistan Ltd, United Bank Limited 1989–2003 Surrey 1990–1993 Glamorgan 1997–1998 Warwickshire 2003 Pakistan 1989–2003 |
TEN Sports 2010–present |
Stuart Broad | Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club England cricket team |
Sky Sports 2019–present |
Dinesh Karthik | Tamil Nadu cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders 2018-present |
Sky Sports 2021–present |
James Anderson | Lancashire County Cricket Club England cricket team 2002- present |
BBC 2018–present |
Dean du Plessis | None | ESPNcricinfo 2001–present |
Partially revised 26 December 2020.
See also[]
- List of Test cricketers
- List of ODI cricketers
- ABC Radio National and Timeline of Australian radio
- BBC Radio and Timeline of the BBC
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Chappell brothers (Greg and Ian) are grandsons of Vic Richardson.
- ^ The idea of providing complete ball-by-ball coverage of a Test Match was conceived by Hudson whilst commentating with Fred Trueman on a county game at Scarborough in 1955, as a result of which Test Match Special went on air two years later.[34]
- ^ Also known as 'Mr Cricket' due to his encyclopedic knowledge of the game.
- ^ Often referred to using the nickname 'Bumble'.
- ^ The first ever broadcast coverage of a cricket match anywhere in the world – a testimonial game for Charles Bannerman (1851–1930) at the SCG between two teams from New South Wales[3]
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Further reading[]
- Arlott, John (1992). Basingstoke Boy : An Autobiography. London: Fontana. ISBN 0006377378.
- Baxter, Peter, ed. (1981). Test Match Special. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0362005478.
- Baxter, Peter, ed. (1983). Test Match Special 2. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0362005478.
- Baxter, Peter (2007). Test Match Special : 50 Not Out - The Official History of a National Sporting Treasure. London: BBC Books. ISBN 978-0563539063.
- Benaud, Richie (2010). Over But Not Out : My Life So Far. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1444705928.
- Blofeld, Henry (2017). Over and Out : My Innings of a Lifetime with Test Match Special. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1473670914.
- Fay, Stephen; Kynaston, David (2018). Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1408895405.
- Haynes, Richard (2009). "'Lobby' and the Formative Years of Radio Sports Commentary, 1935–1952". Sport in History. 29: 25–48. doi:10.1080/17460260902775193. hdl:1893/1565. S2CID 143888265.
- Johnston, Brian (1983). Chatterboxes : My Friends the Commentators. London: Methuen. ISBN 0413495809.
- Maxwell, Jim (2017). The Sound of Summer : A Memoir. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1742370828.
- McGilvray, Alan; Tasker, Norman (1985). McGilvray : The Game is Not the Same... As Told to Norman Tasker. Sydney: ABC Books. ISBN 0642529280.
- Swanton, E. W. (1972). Sort of A Cricket Person. London: Collins. ISBN 0002117487.
- Williams, Jack (2011). "Broadcasting and cricket in England" (PDF). In Bateman, Anthony (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Cricket. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–69. ISBN 978-0521167871.
External links[]
- Cricket commentators
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