| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki 12:28 - Jul 31 with 2050 views | Keno |
"Norcross has been compared to the late TMS commentator John Arlott, in providing "an unusual perspective" to the commentary box"
Arlott is the master
I like Norcross but would I compare him to Arlott? [Post edited 31 Jul 2023 12:28]
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 13:04 - Jul 31 with 1962 views | vilanovablue |
Norcross is decent but he's no Arlott! |  | | |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 13:12 - Jul 31 with 1943 views | redrickstuhaart |
Norcross is below par on the team imo. |  | | |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 13:22 - Jul 31 with 1924 views | Swansea_Blue |
I like Norcross and could listen to him all day (and I often do!). It’s a stretch to compare him to Arlott maybe, but they are similar.
Cricket’s been blessed with great commentators. Richie Benaud Is probably the greatest/most iconic throughout most of my life (I would have only caught the very tail end of Arlott). David Lloyd too. Agreed, Blofeld, etc. Edit - and Brian Johnston of course- legend! Norcross is in that same company as one of the greats of the modern generation.
TMS must be consistently the best BBC commentary team. Miles above anything they provide for football. [Post edited 31 Jul 2023 13:23]
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 14:48 - Jul 31 with 1852 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
Most of the commentators are fine. Norcross is the worst by a country mile. |  |
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 14:56 - Jul 31 with 1831 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 13:22 - Jul 31 by Swansea_Blue |
I like Norcross and could listen to him all day (and I often do!). It’s a stretch to compare him to Arlott maybe, but they are similar.
Cricket’s been blessed with great commentators. Richie Benaud Is probably the greatest/most iconic throughout most of my life (I would have only caught the very tail end of Arlott). David Lloyd too. Agreed, Blofeld, etc. Edit - and Brian Johnston of course- legend! Norcross is in that same company as one of the greats of the modern generation.
TMS must be consistently the best BBC commentary team. Miles above anything they provide for football. [Post edited 31 Jul 2023 13:23]
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I'm old enough to have listened to Arlott for several years and he was very good. Benaud was mostly on tv.
For me the best on TMS have been CMJ, Simon Mann and Arlott. Jon Agnew is up there, too.
Blofeld was good. Johnston was okay. | |
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 14:58 - Jul 31 with 1823 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 14:56 - Jul 31 by Tangledupin_Blue |
I'm old enough to have listened to Arlott for several years and he was very good. Benaud was mostly on tv.
For me the best on TMS have been CMJ, Simon Mann and Arlott. Jon Agnew is up there, too.
Blofeld was good. Johnston was okay. |
I do like Agnew, must admit. I've got TMS on now and it's passing the afternoon while I'm clearing out emails (and posting on here!). | |
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 15:45 - Jul 31 with 1801 views | jontysnut |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 13:04 - Jul 31 by vilanovablue |
Norcross is decent but he's no Arlott! |
There probably never will be another. He'd lived a life. Never really got over the death of his son, he was also a poet, a football fan (Reading) wine enthusiast, bibliophile, anti-apartheid, Liberal party candidate. All of this went into his commentary. He loved the game and , for the most part, the people who played it.
On the other hand I never quite got Blofield. I could tolerate him in small doses on TMS but when he became a caricature of himself I went off him.
As CLR James said, 'what do they know of cricket, who only cricket know'
Don't get me started on Kevin Pieterson. |  | | |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 15:59 - Jul 31 with 1772 views | soupytwist |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 15:45 - Jul 31 by jontysnut |
There probably never will be another. He'd lived a life. Never really got over the death of his son, he was also a poet, a football fan (Reading) wine enthusiast, bibliophile, anti-apartheid, Liberal party candidate. All of this went into his commentary. He loved the game and , for the most part, the people who played it.
On the other hand I never quite got Blofield. I could tolerate him in small doses on TMS but when he became a caricature of himself I went off him.
As CLR James said, 'what do they know of cricket, who only cricket know'
Don't get me started on Kevin Pieterson. |
As someone who grew up in Leigh on Sea and played as a kid for Westcliff Cricket Club I always enjoyed Trevor Bailey's contributions on TMS.
He was a decent footballer too and I think remains the only player to have scored 2,000 runs and taken 100 first-class wickets in a season. |  | | |
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| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 16:03 - Jul 31 with 1761 views | jontysnut |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 15:59 - Jul 31 by soupytwist |
As someone who grew up in Leigh on Sea and played as a kid for Westcliff Cricket Club I always enjoyed Trevor Bailey's contributions on TMS.
He was a decent footballer too and I think remains the only player to have scored 2,000 runs and taken 100 first-class wickets in a season. |
I think he got his nickname The Boil when the Aussies couldn't pronounce Bailey | | | |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 16:11 - Jul 31 with 1743 views | Churchman |
| Daniel Norcross - what do any oldies like me think of this comment from Wiki on 14:56 - Jul 31 by Tangledupin_Blue |
I'm old enough to have listened to Arlott for several years and he was very good. Benaud was mostly on tv.
For me the best on TMS have been CMJ, Simon Mann and Arlott. Jon Agnew is up there, too.
Blofeld was good. Johnston was okay. |
All the TMS people were and are terrific. Arlott? Brilliant. For tv, Richie Benaud was the summer. Tv wise, I also like a Achaea Holding. He doesn’t waste words. Pointing is good and so is Sky anchor Ian Ward.
For football commentary, Peter Jones and Bryon Butler were the best by a mile. |  | | |
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