Warney's Commentating

[dr nick]

personally, i can't stand it, but i know a lot of people that think he's great.

 

[dr nick]

HAHAHA:

Tony Greig - "Brett Lee the leading one day wicket taker this year. One above Murali. How are you going Warney?"

Shane Warne - "I haven't played too much this year, Tony"

Tony Greig - hearty laughter heard in the background of warneys mike.

 

[JUBJUB]

If it shuts Tony Greig up,who cares ?

 

[wagstaff]

I'm not a fan, generally irritates the hell out of me.

All he seems to be able to deliver are inane trivia about the Australian team (especially their nicknames) and managing to direct discussions towards himself and his playing career.

 

[Slax]

He's better than Tony Greig and Simon O'Donnell not to mention Mark Taylor.

 

[the fly]

He's the sporting world's answer to Hyacinth Bucket as far as mullets go.

 

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Slax
He's better than Tony Greig and Simon O'Donnell not to mention Mark Taylor.

I agree but he's still pretty bad.

 

[dr nick]

Originally posted by the fly
He's the sporting world's answer to Hyacinth Bucket as far as mullets go.

i'm not even sure what that is supposed to mean, but it's still damn funny

 

[Zeke]

I don't mind Warney as a caller, he brings a touch of intimacy to the box - he knows the players well, and is still in a team-like relationship with them.

I cannot stand Ian Healy as a commentator - everything he ever says is negative. He is always pointing out technical flaws in a batsman's technique and ranting about a bowlers innacuracy.

He was freaking wicketkeeper! (albeit a very good one) who played long enough to break some records and score some runs. He was not the be all and end all of a cricketer that he suggests he was.

Had Adam Gilchrist have been around a little earlier, Heals would not have had 1/10th the career he did.

 

[Wicked Lester]

Originally posted by Zeke

Had Adam Gilchrist have been around a little earlier, Heals would not have had 1/10th the career he did.

But Zeke, Gilchrist was around for a fair slice of Healy's career.

Gilly made his first class debut in 92 aged 21.

His ODI debut was 96/97 aged 25/26

His test debut was in 99/00 aged 28. Gilly was no spring chicken when he made his test debut.

(Of interest also is Gilly's first class record minus his test career in which his average is the much lower (though still respectable) 41. Not sure what this tells us - perhaps it suggests a lessening of the impact of his aggressive style when he bats higher in the order against fresher bowlers and the new ball?)

I think you are forgetting the general view of the time was that Healy's keeping skills were so good that his importance to the team was unchallenged. Furthermore he made very useful runs at number 7 over a sustained period.

Lastly the australian selectors were, I suspect, mindful of the failure of the 'batsmen who could keep a bit' strategy employed by several other countries.

Not defending Heal's commentary abilities but his reputation as one of great Australian keeper is, IMHO, rock solid.

As of course are Gilchrist's.