Sports commentator There are however exceptions to this — most of the United Kingdom's leading cricket and snooker commentators are former professionals in their sports, while the former Formula One racing commentator Murray Walker had no formal journalistic training and only limited racing experience of his own. In the United States, George "Pat" Summerall, a former professional kicker, spent most of his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer. Although the combination of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator is standard , in the past it was much more common for a broadcast to have no analysts and just have a single
Charles Colvile (commentator) Colvile MP. Before becoming a sports presenter, Charles Colvile was a newsreader and continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4. Charles Colvile (commentator) Charles Colvile (born 29 March 1955, Westfield, Woking, Surrey) is a cricket commentator, interviewer and journalist for Sky Sports, especially for UK-based domestic matches. Colvile was educated at Westminster School, an independent school in London. Colvile is a cricket commentator, interviewer and journalist for Sky Sports, primarily for English domestic matches. He has worked for Sky since 1990 and has presented some major series for them from various grounds, such as the 1990/91 Ashes series in Australia, the