BBC IPL commentary

[Tony C]

This is just a bloke sitting in front of a tv innit.

I can tell because they turn down the tv when they start the onfield interviews and adverts

Also they’re at least a couple of balls behind the actual live feed.

[Ash]

This is just a bloke sitting in front of a tv innit.

I can tell because they turn down the tv when they start the onfield interviews and adverts

Also they’re at least a couple of balls behind the actual live feed.

I should hope so. We don't need to be sending blokes out there on the licence fee imo.

[Burney]

I should hope so. We don't need to be sending blokes out there on the licence fee imo.

I still don't think I've ever watched a T20 game all the way through. I just find the format boring.

[Ash]

I still don't think I've ever watched a T20 game all the way through. I just find the format boring.

Lords or the Oval on the proverbial balmy summer evening is just wonderful. Especially when Middlesex win. (not very often).

[Burney]

Lords or the Oval on the proverbial balmy summer evening is just wonderful. Especially when Middlesex win. (not very often).

I think the older I've got, the more I realise how much better cricket is when ball dominates bat.

In that sense, I think T20 has it arse-about-face.

[Tony C]

The best T20 games are the low scoring affairs...just straight up trench warfare.

[Ash]

I think the older I've got, the more I realise how much better cricket is when ball dominates bat.

In that sense, I think T20 has it arse-about-face.

Oh, I agree. The summer evening out isn't really about the cricket. The booze and the banter is lovely though.