Vale Tony Cozier

[sherb]

Very sad news. Wonderful commentator.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36254041

 

[Pea Nut]

Damn. That is sad. RIP

 

[Doss]

RIP.

His voice really was one of the most distinctive of all, and he was a fixture of growing up watching us playing the West Indies, both here and over there.

Virender Sehwag described it best I reckon- "his voice was like champagne on air".

 

[Pugsley]

Bloody sad day for cricket.

RIP Tony.

 

[The_Reaper]

Pretty sad day for cricket. Pretty much the West Indian equivalent of Richie Benaud.

On an aside I can't be the only one who at one stage thought he was black?

 

[Smoooothy]

its sad that we're losing all of the great commentators. tony was one of the best. RIP.

 

[DEVO]

RIP Mr Cozier.
Condolences to your family and friends.


A huge loss for cricket.
I feel like with Tony's passing that all the great cricket commentator have gone and we are know left with the dregs like Taylor, Warne and co.

 

[The Speaker]

And I was thinking only recently how his mind was as on point as ever. Will be sorely missed.

 

[PrideOf]

Pretty sad day for cricket. Pretty much the West Indian equivalent of Richie Benaud.

This. Him and Richie in the box from the early days of Packer cricket were incredible.

And his style wouldn't fit in the current-day commentary box. He knew his stuff and delivered it with panache.

 

[Wolfs]

Soothing commentary. One of the GOATs. Bummer.

 

[Cleavy]

so that leaves us with Holding and Bishop as the main West Indies commentators?

EDIT: ah, forgot about Fazeer Mohammed. He's really good too.

 

[The Speaker]

 

[GreyCrow]

Big fan of TC. Sad news

 

[Van_Dyke]

Unexpected, sad to hear.

 

[Hellgood]

Superb commentator and writer full of knowledge and nous for the game.

A real shame.

 

[smasha]

R.I.P. Tony Cozier and his comforting commentary.

 

[Running Dog]

One of the emblematic voices of cricket. Many happy memories of listening to TC, especially from when the West Indies were a force. RIP.

 

[mikey127]

One if my memories of hin was on radio during the 2011 world cup. It was the quarter final between West Indies and Pakistan. The Pakkies were teating through the Windies batting line up and whilst he remained professional you could hear the hurt in his voice as the windies crumbled without a yelp.

 

[worbod]

One of the first commentators I can recall listening to during the "Compromise Summer" of 1979-80. He reportedly once scored 365 in a game: in the backyard against his kids.