'Cozier was, unquestionably, the West Indian version of John Arlott'

Reader: entryholedia

I still remember that '66 summer and the radio commentary of the BBC team of Alan Gibson, John Arlott, Brian Johnston and Trevor Bailey describing the batting of Colin Milburn, "ollie"as he was known. His brand of fearless hitting against the marauding West Indians - those great fast men Hall and Griffith, Sobers and the guile of Lance Gibbs is something I cannot forget. "Ollie" provided the only bright spot in the English batting in what otherwise was a summer when England were vanquished. It's a cruel fate that "Ollie" suffered the car accident which took away his left eye and halted his progress as a fine batsmen and the worst of all that he died very young . He did try doing a Tiger Pataudi but was not successful.

Reader: Stanley

England toured the Caribbean in 1967-68 and played against the Leeward Islands at the Antigua Recreation Grounds. I went to the game with one main objective in mind - to watch Colin Milburn bat and, more specifically, to watch him beat the ball mercilessly. I went to watch him make a century. No one will forget him being given lbw by the local Antiguan umpire nicknamed "Ducks" for a duck. It was my first experience with big-time cricket and as a boy of 14 I enjoyed it tremendously. I watched Boycott make a century and I saw Jeff Jones give our local boy Hilson Phillip (may God rest his soul eternally) a very rough time. Milburn already had a fearsome reputation for punishing bowlers but it seemed like he particularly enjoyed putting it on fast bowlers. I was hugely disappointed in his short stint at the wicket and so were many others at the ground that day. But we did get to see some good cricket with Allan Knott doing some fine keeping.

Reader: entryholedia

Come summer and this fantastic cricket commentary team from the Test Match Special would provide an experience never to be equalled . The photo looks from a time when the team when the era of great West Indians under Lloyd and Viv Richards was over since Colin Croft is standing between the late Chris Martin-Jenkins and the late Tony Cozier. So far as I can make: Henry Blofeld , David Lloyd , Don Mosey, Vic Marks, can't recognise the short gentleman standing behind Henry. Tony Cozier with his silken voice would mesmerize the listener and like many others I am one of them. Chris Martin-Jenkins was no exception but never came to India. This team was equally at home both over radio and TV commentary which goes to show their greatness. If only our commentators could inculcate some of the qualities this great combination had. Tony was simply outstanding. Commentary be it radio or the more popular TV will never be the same without Tony Cozier.

Reader: mightysparrow

The other day I dug up from the archive a treasure trove commentary clips from the late John Arlott, spanning several decades. It was a nostalgic journey back in time, but more precisely, to an era of brilliant, exciting and unparalleled radio commentaries. John Arlott was, arguably, the doyen of commentators. His vocabulary was rich and sophisticated and his tenor, monolithic. His incomparable, authoritative cadence added a sense of melodrama to his Shakespearean descriptions of action and suspense unfolding in the middle. Tony Cozier was, unquestionably, the West Indian version of John Arlott. And that is the highest honour any cricket fan can bestow on that 'Bajan boy'.

Reader: here2rock

It is a tough one, traditions v new reality of changing lifestyles, players' and spectators' comfort levels. I think day-night Test cricket can work really well in subcontinent markets where crowds are declining in hot and humid conditions. It can spark an interest back in these formats there. I can't see the need for it in England, Australia and South Africa where traditions are valued so much and there are better conditions for the players and spectators from a comfort perspective. We may never see moments like Dean Jones fighting heat and humidity in Madras in the 80's or Dravid and Laxman walking off the field with cooling handkerchiefs around their necks batting all day fighting a raging opposition like Australia in Kolkata in 2001. Test cricket would not be the same. Test cricket is all about fighting the conditions as well the opposition.

Reader: alia juman

As always, David has written a masterpiece. A few would find better words to describe the great work the foundation of goodness and Kushil had done all over Sri Lanka. If one visits Seenigama, you will know how fantastic it is and what it has done to the 75+ villages in and around it. Now with all the work the foundation had done in the north helping the reconciliation process by deeds and not only words in the past five years, so many lives have been touched and given a fresh start. This is the beauty of the work Kushil and the foundation. They always do things and not just say things. MCC has to be extremely proud of all these achievements of the foundation as they have been there right from the start and continue to be there. The plan Kushil has for the north is fantastic and once completed will be an amazing masterpiece and I truly hope everyone will get together in supporting it. Then again this is Kushil, whatever he starts, he finishes usually with flying colors. Thank you MCC.