Ashes Cricket

If you lot are going to winge on about things, you really ought to watch the programmes before you do, so you can be just a TINY bit accurate.

You obviously haven't noticed, but Bob Willis is alive and well and has been doing the highlights programmes all day today on Sky.

Whilst I was up all night watching the live action, where he was nowhere to be seen. Prior to this year he was always Sky's lead commentator. So to go from being #1 commentator to presenting a highlights programme suggests that he has been demoted.

I notice that Richie Benaud isn't being used all that much by Channel 9 these days- and when he is it's always alongside two other commentators.

When he was the analyst on the BBC coverage the other night his voice sounded a bit rough and he didn't say all that much.

I personally feel Sky's live coverage is okay- but lacks the personality of Channel 4. I find David Gower and Michael Atherton especially dull- but the rest are pretty good.

That said, by favourites are david Lloyd, Michael Holding, ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Bill Lawry and Tony Greig.

Yeah Mark Nicholas leads the telecast. To see more about it click below.
http://whatsonthetube.net/2006/11/23/the-ashes/