Is Ranjith Fernando's commentary up to international standards?

[sri_lion]

Very good thread, I was gonna start this thread my self... but happy someone already thought about it!!

In short.. RANJITH FERNANDO SUCKS!!! REALLY SUCKS!!! I don't know why he is there when people like Ranil Abeynayake are there!! Yes! I remember the last ball of the England match very well and this fellow really made a joke of himself and ruined that nice moment....

I personally think he doesn't have that flare to be a commentator.. Commentating is an art, all he knows is to say "Oh! that's a great shot", "He has some experience", "One would think....." his vocabulary only contains very few words and he is so dull to listen to....

And has absolutely no HUMOR at all, when the camera shows something funny in the stands.... people expect commentators to say something funny about it... RANJITH is as cold as dead..... instead he'll talk same old things...

Anyway he should take example of people like Tony Grieg, Barry Richards, Sanjay Manjrekar....

That's my 2 cents!!!

 

[sri_lion]

Welcome to RanjitFernandoSucks (RFS). This blog is an outlet to years of ear-splitting dreadful commentaries I`ve had to endure vis-a-vis a self-proclaimed expert -- Ranjit Fernando. For any follower of cricket, the commentaries given on television are an important part of the entertainment. Apart from making the proceedings lively, they give useful insights into the game and provide us armchair cricketers an insiders` take on the proceedings. However, the commentaries of Ranjit Fernando are quite the opposite. The disharmonious croaking of crows descending on a piece of throw-away fish, stones thrown at a tin-roof and the sound of crashing gears of a full laden lorry climbing Haputale comes to mind.

Exactly..... When the other commentators pass the mic to Ranjith I feel like "Oh! No! not him again!!!"