TMS or Sky commentary for the Ashes?

[paulhackett]

TMS or Sky for commentary? Guardian or Cricinfo for scores? Depending on whose on I can see some fiddling with the sound going on.

Jonathan Agnew
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Henry Blofeld
Jim Maxwell

Geoff Boycott
Vic Marks
Ian Chappell
Jason Gillespie

or

David Gower
David Lloyd
Ian Botham
Nasser Hussain
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Michael Atherton

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

This is a very very rare chance for me, being in England, when the Ashes are on, without a job to interfere.

Oh, hang on, it's probably unviewable without Sky and my son won't let me sit at the laptop unmolested.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Cricinfo in the office. Probably whatever I can stream when I'm at home.

 

[badlands]

TMS

and if I get a chance to go to the pub

(and my local is 100 yards from the ground)

I guess I'll have to put up with Sky

 

[Azertyioup]

Sky, the radio is good but a few seconds behind real time, but in the car TMS.

 

[mhwfc]

Sky, the radio is good but a few seconds behind real time, but in the car TMS.

Odd, in my experience 198 LW and 720 MW are live as live can be, DAB is a couple of seconds behind LW and Sky is a couple of seconds behind DAB.

Shame syncing up Sky pictures with radio commentary is so difficult as whilst Holding is good and Lloyd, Botham and Atherton are OK, Nasser Hussain and David Gower are insufferable. Far inferior to Channel 4's commentary team when they had the rights

 

[badlands]

Off topic a little bit,

but I bought the whole ashes series 2005 in HMV for 3 quid

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Off topic a little bit,

but I bought the whole ashes series 2005 in HMV for 3 quid

Oh yes, that often gets put in the DVD player, it's amazing how watchable it is after all these years.

I always liked Mark Nicholas on Channel 4 though.

 

[shagnasty]

What i like best is the chat and banter of tms .johners was absolutely brilliant and the cakes he got lucky bastard.Fred Trueman was an arsehole but knew his cricket i could listen to him for hours

 

[fen_boy]

This is the first poll in which I've truthfully been able to tick all the boxes.
I watch Sky at home when the TV isn't being hogged by the kids, listen to TMS when it is and at work.
Also have cricinfo (BBB) and guardian and bbc (OBO) on in the background in case anyone says anything funny.

 

[Santino]

Botham is very much a say-what-you-see commentator, isn't he?

'He's hit the ball hard there.'

'Should get a couple of runs there.'

'He's dropped that.'


Thanks, Sirian. I can see you've studied the game in some depth.

 

[llion]

TMS for me as I haven't got Sky. Think I'd plump for them even if I did. Especially since it looks like Arlo White won't be involved. Jim Maxwell is pretty funny from what I remember.

 

[The Octagon]

I'm still hurting from the fact that Channel 4 haven't got it, their coverage was miles ahead of Sky.

Stick the Ashes back on the 'protected species' list!

 

[TrippyLondoner]

I'm still hurting from the fact that Channel 4 haven't got it, their coverage was miles ahead of Sky.

Stick the Ashes back on the 'protected species' list!

That would be a great idea,imo.

 

[Dillinger4]

That would be a great idea,imo.

Truth.

I will be listening to it on radio5live, which I think has a certain appeal in itself.

 

[christonabike]

Someone has reminded me that if you have sky at home and want to watch the ashes at work, take your viewing card number and watch it on the computer, if that's what you do for a living

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Someone has reminded me that if you have sky at home and want to watch the ashes at work, take your viewing card number and watch it on the computer, if that's what you do for a living

is that viewing card number what they mean by 'sky ID'?

 

[christonabike]

I managed to do it by requesting my username and password, no need to go through the registration process if you already have sky

Go to the site -> watch ashes live -> register for free -> go to sign in for sky users and then request your user name and password

Got it working now

 

[paulhackett]

I'm still hurting from the fact that Channel 4 haven't got it, their coverage was miles ahead of Sky.

Stick the Ashes back on the 'protected species' list!

Watched the 2005 highlights on Sky last night and was dulled out by Allott, Willis, Hussain and reminded me just how good the C4 balance and voices had been.. I've already turned Nasser off for shouting at me in the morning.. and Botham.

I'm sure I'll have an out of synch TMS on at some stage. Still, it'e better than Ceefax

 

[Idaho]

The BBC's 20-20 coverage was rubbish. The commentators and presenters were really poor.

 

[Barking_Mad]

TMS is traditional and superb. Plus they have Tuffers don't they? Ideally I want the radio on and the tv with the sound down - but the delay messes this up a bit.........

Im at work, so until i get home its CricInfo.

 

[rapattaque]

Mental question. TMS.

 

[Kenny Vermouth]

On the whole, I'm a devotee of Sky because of all they have done for the game, but you've got to love Aggers, CMJ and Blowers.

I can't stand listening to Nasser on Sky.

 

[Build_A_Fire]

Channel 4 had a good mix of commentators, at least they've all gone over to Five for the highlights!

TMS is miles better than Sky, very easy to listen to all day long

 

[mhwfc]

No Australians at all on Sky as after spending months trailing Shane Warne's involvement in the Sky commentary team apparently he's playing cards!!

Nowhere near as entertaining as Boycott and Micheal Slater winding each other up in 2005, Sky desperately need someone to break up the golf club smugness in their commentary box. It goes without saying that TMS is far more fun.

 

[gunneradt]

I'm still hurting from the fact that Channel 4 haven't got it, their coverage was miles ahead of Sky.

Stick the Ashes back on the 'protected species' list!

It really wasn't. With the amount of cameras Sky has around the ground now the coverage is superb. We've even had wicket cam now from above.

 

[The Octagon]

It really wasn't. With the amount of cameras Sky has around the ground now the coverage is superb. We've even had wicket cam now from above.

Do you really think C4 wouldn't have most (or at least the most important) of these now, had they kept the cricket?

Coverage isn't solely down to how many angles you can watch a ball being bowled from.

It's presenting the game in an informative, engaging way (particularly to new viewers, I learned most of the technicalities of cricket through C4's segments).

It's having non-irritating, knowledgable commentators / analysts who bounce off each other.

Most of all, it's free-to-air, like the FA Cup final, the Grand National, Wimbledon and the Olympics.

Some things shouldn't be fucked with.

 

[gunneradt]

I'm not a fan of Sky but the money theyre investing in cricket coverage and the game in general is huge. Every series around the world is on Sky which is great. I don't remember C4 doing that. People knock Sky but when they cover a sport they do it properly. Look at how much darts they cover now - no-one ever did this before. The BBC and all the other terrestrial broadcasters had the option to stump up the cash but they didn't. They got everything cheap for years.

 

[mattie]

I'm not a fan of Sky but the money theyre investing in cricket coverage and the game in general is huge. Every series around the world is on Sky which is great. I don't remember C4 doing that. People knock Sky but when they cover a sport they do it properly. Look at how much darts they cover now - no-one ever did this before. The BBC and all the other terrestrial broadcasters had the option to stump up the cash but they didn't. They got everything cheap for years.

Sky's money is not always a good thing.

Unless you like paying 35 quid a month, and watching John Terry get 200 grand a week for being a cheating arsehole.

 

[gunneradt]

good thing or not the BBC and others had the opportunity to invest in cricket or football in the same way - they didn't.