A pleasing commentary moment
January 27, 2008
A rough transcript from Channel 9 commentary late on Day 3 at Adelaide:
Healy: I think India have made a mistake by taking the new ball. It would’ve been ideal to have a crack tomorrow morning with the old ball and then take the new ball. India have missed a trick here.
Taylor: I disagree with you Ian. In fact, they should’ve taken the new ball about 4 overs back. They’ve tried the old ball for 107 overs and nothing happened. That’s far too long.
Healy: I agree with you Mark. They should’ve taken the new ball with 8 overs to go for the day’s play. But with 4 overs to go, they should’ve stuck with the old ball. They’ve made a mistake.
Taylor [laughing]: You’re just picking at straws, Ian.
Note: Reproduced from memory, so there might be some slight inaccuracies.
January 27, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Healy has retained his keeper’s instinct of cheerleading. He is a blight in the commentary box.
January 28, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I wonder how Channel Nine chooses its new commentators from a new pool of recently retired players. Surely Steve Waugh/Mark Waugh would’ve been better than the noisemaker Healy. Perhaps they were unavailable. Of course, it may be more complicated from now on as the new star retirees such as Warne and McGrath will prefer to rake in the moolah from the IPL.