Cricket is a game of passion. But when it comes to commentary, along with passion, the commentators show their sense of humor.
Cricket commentary is not an easy job it seems.
"Do not speak unless you can add to the picture" was the definition of commentary for Richie Benaud.
Cricket is blessed with many great commentators -Richie Benaud, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham, Tony Greig, Micheal Holding, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Navjot Siddhu, and the last but certainly not the least Harsha Bhogle.
Harsha showed the world that cricket commentary is not restricted to the former players. To talk about cricket, you need the passion about the game and not the experience of the game.
So let's start with the amazing one-liners from the great commentators.
At the ICC champions trophy 2000 Ind Vs Aus:Harsha Bhogle
"This inning from Sachin has been like a garden, and the last shot being the most beautiful flower in it.."
After being caught at the slip off Anil Kumble, Clarke was waiting for the decision.
Harsha said, "I think, he is waiting for tomorrow's newspaper to declare him out."
During Pakistan's tour of Eng in 1962, Rex Alston came up with this beauty.
"There is a bowling change and we are going to see "Afaq" at the Nursery end"
Richie Beanud- "The slow motion replay doesn't show how fast the delivery was!!!"
After Anil Kumble scored a maiden ton Vs England, Harsha said,
"This is the most romantic moment in Indian cricket"
Blame game..
Fred Trueman tried to be honest,
"I am not the one to blame anyone, but it was definitely Viv Richard's fault"
When we are talking about commentary how can we forget Siddhuism?
"Wickets are like wives, you never know which way they will turn..."
Once Sunil Gavaskar and Harsha were sharing the commentary box, when Sachin was at the crease,
Sachin hit an awesome straight drive very close to non-striker wickets,
Gavaskar commented, "I have seen only one man hitting straight drive so crisp and brilliant and that man is playing at the moment"
Harsha without wasting a second, "I have seen two, the second is sitting next to me at the moment"
When Sachin once got out to a lollypop offspinner (I guess it was Michael Vaughn) in '02.
He wonderfully said, " Oh what a shame. It was reminiscent of a soldier who survived the war when all the bullets were flying by his nose and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town ."
At Perth, when Gilchrist took a blinder, Harsha said,
"Some of the sea-gulls flying here, are going to get complex"
Once India lost a test series in SA after winning the first match,
Harsha-"India lost the series because they surprise themselves by winning the first match, a win should never be a surprise"
In a match between Aus and SL, Harsha said to Ian Chappel,
"I am sure, you will never become a lawyer, I understand everything you say"
Harsha' comment on Yuvraj's six out of the ground in Durban,
"Are there people working late in the office, we want our ball back"
These are some of the great on-liners, most of them from Harsha Bhogle.
If you also recollect some of the good ones, please put them as comments.
Cricket commentary is not an easy job it seems.
"Do not speak unless you can add to the picture" was the definition of commentary for Richie Benaud.
Cricket is blessed with many great commentators -Richie Benaud, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham, Tony Greig, Micheal Holding, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Navjot Siddhu, and the last but certainly not the least Harsha Bhogle.
Harsha showed the world that cricket commentary is not restricted to the former players. To talk about cricket, you need the passion about the game and not the experience of the game.
So let's start with the amazing one-liners from the great commentators.
At the ICC champions trophy 2000 Ind Vs Aus:Harsha Bhogle
"This inning from Sachin has been like a garden, and the last shot being the most beautiful flower in it.."
After being caught at the slip off Anil Kumble, Clarke was waiting for the decision.
Harsha said, "I think, he is waiting for tomorrow's newspaper to declare him out."
During Pakistan's tour of Eng in 1962, Rex Alston came up with this beauty.
"There is a bowling change and we are going to see "Afaq" at the Nursery end"
Richie Beanud- "The slow motion replay doesn't show how fast the delivery was!!!"
After Anil Kumble scored a maiden ton Vs England, Harsha said,
"This is the most romantic moment in Indian cricket"
Blame game..
Fred Trueman tried to be honest,
"I am not the one to blame anyone, but it was definitely Viv Richard's fault"
When we are talking about commentary how can we forget Siddhuism?
"Wickets are like wives, you never know which way they will turn..."
Once Sunil Gavaskar and Harsha were sharing the commentary box, when Sachin was at the crease,
Sachin hit an awesome straight drive very close to non-striker wickets,
Gavaskar commented, "I have seen only one man hitting straight drive so crisp and brilliant and that man is playing at the moment"
Harsha without wasting a second, "I have seen two, the second is sitting next to me at the moment"
When Sachin once got out to a lollypop offspinner (I guess it was Michael Vaughn) in '02.
He wonderfully said, " Oh what a shame. It was reminiscent of a soldier who survived the war when all the bullets were flying by his nose and then got run over by a bicycle in his native town ."
At Perth, when Gilchrist took a blinder, Harsha said,
"Some of the sea-gulls flying here, are going to get complex"
Once India lost a test series in SA after winning the first match,
Harsha-"India lost the series because they surprise themselves by winning the first match, a win should never be a surprise"
In a match between Aus and SL, Harsha said to Ian Chappel,
"I am sure, you will never become a lawyer, I understand everything you say"
Harsha' comment on Yuvraj's six out of the ground in Durban,
"Are there people working late in the office, we want our ball back"
These are some of the great on-liners, most of them from Harsha Bhogle.
If you also recollect some of the good ones, please put them as comments.
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