I don’t mind the BBC Essex guys. It’s difficult to hit the right note when commentating. I remember a clearly drunk John Arlott rambling on and Johnners was more of a look at me commentator. Jim Laker and Richie Benaud were by far the best, but tv commentary is easier. Even The Don is ok in small doses, like arsenic.
John A lived on Alderney in his latter days. The roads are narrow there and he was sometimes seen driving up the Main Street, bouncing off parked cars.
John Arlott "driving up the Main Street, bouncing off parked cars"? Now that doesn't surprise me. I remember some of his wine-soaked John Player League commentaries of his later years
Richie Benaud was the best ever TV commentator by a mile. Jim Laker was a miserable old sod
