Ranjit Fernando Gems

My apologies if this has been posted earlier..

Gems from Ranjit Fernando

"What Jayasuriya will be trying to do is to hit the ball with the bat and get runs in order to win the match." - SL vs South Africa

"If Ireland can get 8 or 9 quick wickets, they could be in with a chance." - SL vs Ireland

"One would say that the team that scores more runs, should go on to win the game." - SL vs India

"It's a four. Oh no! He's out! He's clean bowled! I thought it went for four!" when Ravi Bopara was bowled in the match England Vs SL

" What's important in this partnership is that they have not lost any wickets" SL vs New Zealand super 8 match

" Upul Tharanga is caught in slips by Jayasuriya"- Jaya.. sry i mean Hayden has got buckets like hands" SL vs Aussie super 8 match

Yeah, he comes up with some stupid comments, as does Amir Sohail and Rameez Raja. Still, English isn't their first language, so we shouldn't be too harsh.

It's kinda cute ..

Tony Greig says the same sort of things, and English IS his first language, so Ranjit shouldn't feel too bad.

"It's a four. Oh no! He's out! He's clean bowled! I thought it went for four!" when Ravi Bopara was bowled in the match England Vs SL

Gold.

Is Ranjit Fernando (the commentator) the same bloke who kept wickets for Sri Lanka in the 1975 World Cup?

He is very popular

There are too many dud commentators in the IPL.

Ranjit, Siva, Ramiz, Sunny, Shastri, Sohail & also Arun lal to an extent. And they are all from the Sub continent. It is not so much the English I am picking on rather on what they talk about.

Siva for example will rattle on something like "The last four was scored in the thirteenth over by Delhi Daredevils whereas in their eighth match against Hyderabad they scored a six in the seventeeth over and that too batting first"

Shastri will say mundane things quite emphatically.

Josh Carney wrote:There are too many dud commentators in the IPL.

Ranjit, Siva, Ramiz, Sunny, Shastri, Sohail & also Arun lal to an extent.

Jackman and Morrison have been shit ...

It could be worse. I noticed in the RR v MI T20 match that the Sook was wired for sound. If ever there was a time NOT to listen to the commentary . . .

I've never liked sivaramakrishnan. I hate the way he speaks and the way the pitch of this voice constantly changes within each sentence.

"a maaaagNIIIIIIFICEnt shot from *pause* the batsman.."

He sounds like a wasp behind squashed against the window.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:It could be worse. I noticed in the RR v MI T20 match that the Sook was wired for sound. If ever there was a time NOT to listen to the commentary . . .

Smith actually comes across pretty well these days. I'd go as far as saying he comes across as being pretty likeable.

Henry wrote:

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:It could be worse. I noticed in the RR v MI T20 match that the Sook was wired for sound. If ever there was a time NOT to listen to the commentary . . .

Smith actually comes across pretty well these days. I'd go as far as saying he comes across as being pretty likeable.

Yes, he seems to have calmed down considerably.

Henry wrote:

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:It could be worse. I noticed in the RR v MI T20 match that the Sook was wired for sound. If ever there was a time NOT to listen to the commentary . . .

Smith actually comes across pretty well these days. I'd go as far as saying he comes across as being pretty likeable.

Warnie's influence ...

Yeah I noticed the same thing. He sounded mellow, likable as Henry said.