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Friday, May 17, 2019

2019 ICC World Cup in England and Wales - International Cricket Council (ICC) Releases The List of Commentators

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a star-studded list of commentators for the 2019 World Cup, starting May 30 in the United Kingdom.

3 indian commentators, including former captain Sourav Ganguly, are part of the 24-member commentator's list for the ICC TV, according to the apex body's release. It is expected that the regional broadcasters will add more names apart from the ICC TV list.

Celebrated cricket writer and commentator Harsha Bhogle along with former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar are the other two Indians in the list.

Kumar Sangakkara, who is set to become the first-ever no British president of the Marleyborne Cricket Club, is the only Sri Lankan commentator while Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja and Bangladesh's Athar Ali Khan are also part of the panel.

Isha Guha, Melanie Jones and Alison Mitchell are the only 3 women commentators part of ICC's commentary panel.

Michael Clarke, who led Australia to World Cup glory as recently as 2015, will be making his ICC TV debut at the upcoming World Cup.

Full list of ICC commentators for World Cup 2019

 Nasser Hussain, Michael Clarke, Ian Bishop, Sourav Ganguly, Melanie Jones, Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Atherton, Alison Mitchell, Brendon McCullum, Graeme Smith, Wasim Akram, Shaun Pollock, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, Michael Holding, Isa Guha, Pommie Mbangwa, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle, Simon Doull, Ian Smith, Ramiz Raja, Athar Ali Khan and Ian Ward.

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