10 most annoying cliches in cricket commentary

Commentators and their ‘fun’ clichesWith the increasing number of cricket matches across the globe, came the increasing need for more TV commentators. With the increasing number of commentators came the dearth for words in the cricketing parlance.Words and phrases were used, re-used and then abused. Such is the predictability of most commentators that any sincere cricket fan would be able to foretell what would be said for a particular situation.The banalities are used excessively to such an extent that we could develop a commentary app and that would be no worse than some of the commentators. Even though Tony Greig’s “What a player” and “Bowled’em, clean bowled'em” and Bill Lawry’s “it’s all happening here” were heard from their mouths often, they were more signature phrases than cliches for the voice that carried these words made them sound special.Here, I have compiled a list of 10 such cliches which have managed to get under the skin of the fans. 

#1 That went like a tracer bullet

Let’s begin with the God of cricket cliches, “That went like a tracer bullet” by Ravi Shastri. If the fans are unfortunate enough to have Ravi Shastri sitting in the commentary box, a batsman hitting a four becomes salt in the wound. When the former Indian cricketer does commentary, all fours seem to reach the fence like a tracer bullet.

But here is an important stat for the nerds. A tracer bullet travels slower than a normal bullet while emitting a red light. Who knows, Shashtri sees something that we cannot.