Originally Posted by Alex2606:
“Just in case anyone else didn't notice it Shane Warne mentioned on Twitter yesterday that he'll be working for Sky on the second test at Trent Bridge. Not sure how long he'll be over here for though”
I wonder if he'll stick around for the one-dayers between England and Australia after the West Indies have gone home.
Originally Posted by Tony Yeboah:
“Kevin Pieterson's critiicism of Nick Knight is a feather in Knight's cap in my opinion. Pieterson, whilst a tremendous player, is often too selfish in the Test environment, so fair play to Knight for having the balls to call him out.
Generally the coverage from Sky, Five and BBC is excellent but can be a bit too favourable towards England, so it's nice to hear Nick Knight going against the grain (Geoffrey Boycott said exactly the same, but he can get away with it).”
Maybe this is my own bias towards England showing up, but I find Knight is so neutral, he almost seems in favour of England's opposition, rather like Mark Nicholas.
Originally Posted by Alex2606:
“We've discussed the merits of Nick Knight at great length in this thread, I think it's slightly unfair to say he was lucky time wise to get the role though. If Sky Sports had better pundits/candidates for the role become available they would have hired them and pushed Knight down the order, it's nothing they haven't done before.”
Yeah - they boot him out of the Test match commentary box as soon as someone better comes along. I think they've needed an extra man this series because of Michael Holding being a West Indian. Normally he'd be Sky's "neutral" commentator, with someone else drafted in to represent the opposition, but this time Holding's been the "opposition commentator", leaving a space for Knight to come in while Shane Warne hasn't been around. Once that happens, Knight'll be out, and it looks like that'll be very soon, judging by the tweet you mentioned earlier.