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Sky Sports Cricket Coverage 2016
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jazzydrury3
25-06-2016
Originally Posted by Cricketblade:
“Ian Ward is FANTASTIC at player interviews and county coverage. That's very different to what Gower does. I think it'd be changing it for changings sake. Would almost certainly mean gower and botham do the ashes for bt though!”

I'm a fan of Ian Ward does a brilliant job in my eyes, and is more in touch with the Cricket and how it is played these days, rather than Lord Gower and IT Botham,

I still think there is room for Lord Gower and Ian at Sky, but maybe they need to do more of the County Stuff, Give Gower the 10 hour shift on T20 finals day and see how he gets on
mikey1980
25-06-2016
Originally Posted by Cricketblade:
“Ian Ward is FANTASTIC at player interviews and county coverage. That's very different to what Gower does. I think it'd be changing it for changings sake. Would almost certainly mean gower and botham do the ashes for bt though!”

Gower is a presenter AND a commentator. There's no reason why Ian Ward has to commentate too - he may end up being the main anchor who also conducts pitch-side interviews afterwards.
Bosox
25-06-2016
Botham's a dinosaur coasting by on his playing achievements, Sky's coverage would be immeasurably improved if he was eased out.
Bhaveshgor
25-06-2016
Remarkable thing about botham is that he doesn't know anything about bowling, fielding or batting and the guy was one of england greatest bowlers, fielder and a good batsman.
Athers or nasser have to take charge when their explaining something technical on cricket if they commentating next to Botham.

botham wouldn't be a huge loss but gower might be missed in the presenting role maybe not as a commentator.

Wouldn't surprise me if those two are going because of cuts, this year sky have clearly cutted 1 or 2 comms from the rota from the games.
jazzydrury3
25-06-2016
I'm surprised how this summer, when the tests have nearly finished early, we haven't heard Botham on about, I hope this finishes today, as I can play golf.

Does make you wonder if David Gower has spoke to BT, as if they are going to take Cricket more seriously, they will want a. Big name to host it, somebody people know,
mavreela
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by mikey1980:
“he may end up being the main anchor who also conducts pitch-side interviews afterwards.”

Does he own a teleporter?

"Well those were the thoughts of Mahela, but I believe me is on the pitch has David Wiley with him."

"Thanks, me in the studio, yes I have David Wiley here to talk about…"

That ignoring the fact that the interviews he does on the touch screen and the work he does in the Zone requires preparation. Time he would not have were he also presenting. Even the presenter needs to do prep work.

They are two separate jobs and no one can do both. People seem to act as though when someone is not on screen they are not working.

And I agree with Cricketblade that Ward is very good at the analytical work he does. So unless they have someone else just as good at it then it would be detrimental to the coverage to lose that just so he can link between elements and chat with co-commentators.
mavreela
26-06-2016
Wrong thread.
ThomasStirk
26-06-2016
Getting rid of Gower would be a huge mistake by SKY
Ian Ward is good at the pitchside and Zone stuff but I can't really see him as the main presenter
Gower is fantastic at discussions during rain breaks etc handles them perfectly
Botham wouldn't be too big a loss he never sounds interested anymore anyway
Neil_Harris
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by ThomasStirk:
“Gower is fantastic at discussions during rain breaks etc handles them perfectly”

Agree with this 100% - He is still an authority on the game and handles phases like this with the right balance of seriousness and gentle humour
Leewich
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by jazzydrury3:
“Does make you wonder if David Gower has spoke to BT, as if they are going to take Cricket more seriously, they will want a. Big name to host it, somebody people know,”

BT's only cricket is Australia's home internationals. Surely they'll take the Channel Nine feed for that? So why would Gower swap presenting all of Sky's Tests in this country to spend a few minutes talking in a studio in London then handing over to a host broadcaster in the middle of the night?

We can only assume that any decisions will be made by Sky, rather than Gower wanting out.
mikey1980
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by mavreela:
“Does he own a teleporter?

"Well those were the thoughts of Mahela, but I believe me is on the pitch has David Wiley with him."

"Thanks, me in the studio, yes I have David Wiley here to talk about…"

That ignoring the fact that the interviews he does on the touch screen and the work he does in the Zone requires preparation. Time he would not have were he also presenting. Even the presenter needs to do prep work.

They are two separate jobs and no one can do both. People seem to act as though when someone is not on screen they are not working.

And I agree with Cricketblade that Ward is very good at the analytical work he does. So unless they have someone else just as good at it then it would be detrimental to the coverage to lose that just so he can link between elements and chat with co-commentators.”

It's pretty obvious that Ward, as the anchor, doesn't need to be static. Different parts of his anchor role - i.e. the lunch-break and tea-break - might be done from the studio, whereas the start of play and end of play might be done from pitch-side.

And clearly he wouldn't be able to the 'zone' work he does at the moment. Something would have to give.
mavreela
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by mikey1980:
“Something would have to give.”

Precisely.
madmusician
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by mavreela:
“Precisely.”

But it's interesting to wonder what Sky's succession plan is eventually - whether or not Gower's departure is imminent, you'd assume that within the next 5-10 years he'll be retiring. At that point, you'd assume Ward would step into the anchor's chair, which would mean that they'd either have to dramatically alter the aesthetic of the show (at the moment the shows are almost exclusively anchored from the studio, rather than pitch side and they seem to be to never roam around pitch side, like C4 used to do on occasion) or drop Ward from the interviews and other analysis stuff entirely.

On the subject of BT, you'd assume that they'll be taking their own commentary team for the Ashes - I don't think they'd allow their coverage to be as obviously 'second string' to Sky by just taking the C9 feed for an Ashes series. But, I suspect we'll be seeing Vaughan, Nicholas, Hughes (possibly some Flintoff or Pietersen) and the like for that, rather than any Sky faces. Will be interesting to see who they sign up as anchor, too. They could do lots worse than Matt Smith who proved very good on the IPL, and there's no need for the presenter to also commentate - I'd quite like to see a shakeup and have a journalist presenter who is responsible for presenting the pre-show, intervals and post-show but not appear in the box. I hear that there's some exciting second-screen stuff coming (for this winter, too - not just the Ashes) but don't know the details...
Jokanovic
26-06-2016
Not surprised they are looking to shake it up.
I suspect as well, those two are probably the most expensive.
jazzydrury3
26-06-2016
I think Ian Ward deserves the chance to be the main anchor, I feel he has been groomed up for it for many seasons.

Not sure if the time is right for David Gower and Ian Botham to leave completely, as Bumble and Michael Holding who it has been rumoured he could leave, are getting older, and will need to be phased out.

I guess we will see the gradual introduction of Rob Key into the main team of comms.

If David Gower did go and Ian Ward took over, who would present the T20 Finals Day for example
Jokanovic
26-06-2016
Charlie Sale has backtracked
chrisr21
26-06-2016
Originally Posted by Jokanovic:
“Charlie Sale has backtracked ”

Because he didn't do even basic research. Sky's commentators haven't worked on all of the ODI's for years, with Bumble calling the odd game off "strength and conditioning".

Granted, Gower normally isn't involved, so him not presenting ODI's this summer is a clear change.
hendero
27-06-2016
I sort of like Botham, in the same way I used to like Tony Greig. What Beefy lacks in analytics he makes up for in force of personality and at least speaks from the perspective of having been there and achieved at the highest level. So, when he criticises or praises someone it has a lot more clout than e.g. Robbie Savage on the football.
Bhaveshgor
27-06-2016
Originally Posted by chrisr21:
“Because he didn't do even basic research. Sky's commentators haven't worked on all of the ODI's for years, with Bumble calling the odd game off "strength and conditioning".

Granted, Gower normally isn't involved, so him not presenting ODI's this summer is a clear change.”

well he doesn't exactly watch cricket does he think the prove of that was in 2014 when all summer he attacked Duncan fletcher for losing the 2005 Ashes.

And then he wonders why the press and former cricketers give him dirty looks in Ashes test matches.
Cricketblade
27-06-2016
Pretty embarrassing for Mr Sale that. Suspect Botham might corner him when they next meet!!
chrisr21
27-06-2016
Originally Posted by Cricketblade:
“Pretty embarrassing for Mr Sale that. Suspect Botham might corner him when they next meet!!”

And Sale will write somethings along the lines of "Botham unfurled a volley of abuse on your sports agenda columnist after disagreeing with a piece I wrote."
Bhaveshgor
28-06-2016
Originally Posted by chrisr21:
“And Sale will write somethings along the lines of "Botham unfurled a volley of abuse on your sports agenda columnist after disagreeing with a piece I wrote."”

does he even actually attend cricket matches for botham to confront him lol.
usually only find him at the Ashes test match or maybe some lords games each year.

I will be surprised if you see sale at a cricket game this year.

Funny part of all this is that Sky been admitting for at least a year now that the Sky commentators are getting rotated now during the summer and the winter, the surprising part is that sale didn't link it to the cuts.

This summer reckon sky only been using 5-6 commentators a game totally different to the 8-9 comm teams in the India/Australia series in 2014 and 15.
Good Idea...ish
28-06-2016
Beefy was a great player, not so good as a pundit. He's a bit of a weathervane being blown in the direction of the popular press, always championing the flavour-of-the-day guy who is out of the side.
madmusician
28-06-2016
Originally Posted by Bhaveshgor:
“does he even actually attend cricket matches for botham to confront him lol.
usually only find him at the Ashes test match or maybe some lords games each year.

I will be surprised if you see sale at a cricket game this year.

Funny part of all this is that Sky been admitting for at least a year now that the Sky commentators are getting rotated now during the summer and the winter, the surprising part is that sale didn't link it to the cuts.

This summer reckon sky only been using 5-6 commentators a game totally different to the 8-9 comm teams in the India/Australia series in 2014 and 15.”

He did go on the India tour of 2006. Miles Jupp has some very funny anecdotes of the way that the other members of the press corps treated him in his excellent book.
Alex2606
28-06-2016
Originally Posted by Bhaveshgor:
“does he even actually attend cricket matches for botham to confront him lol.
usually only find him at the Ashes test match or maybe some lords games each year.

I will be surprised if you see sale at a cricket game this year.


Funny part of all this is that Sky been admitting for at least a year now that the Sky commentators are getting rotated now during the summer and the winter, the surprising part is that sale didn't link it to the cuts.

This summer reckon sky only been using 5-6 commentators a game totally different to the 8-9 comm teams in the India/Australia series in 2014 and 15.”

Sale is quite often at test matches, although that might change quite quickly now!
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