Anyone watching the Ten Sports coverage/stream will know what I mean. The only Zimbabwean in the commentary team is a bloke named Hugo Ribatika, a Harare newsreader. He has a great voice, but knows nothing about cricket.
At one stage he referred to Zimbabwe as South Africa (huh??) and called Gary Brent - Barry Ground (or something to that effect? :? )
Where is Andy Pycroft and Pommie? :cry:
Blind cricket commentator accuses ZC of bias
OUTSPOKEN cricket analyst, Dean Du Plessis, who pulls no punches when he talks of the state of the Zimbabwean game, was sidelined in the just ended Ten Sports/Croco motors One Day International series, The Zimbabwean has learnt.
The blind radio and television commentator who felt his candid talk got Zimbabwe Cricket out to teach him something said he had been treated "unfairly on the basis that I'm blind and because I'm white."
"ZC doesn't like me because I'm outspoken, they don't want to be told the truth," he said.
Television newsreader, Hugo Ribatika and former Zimbabwean pace bowler, Douglas Hondo, were among the commentators on television. Ribatika disappointed most cricket enthusiasts with his "obvious comments."
"Hugo Ribatika may be a sports commentator but when it comes to cricket live on tv, we need someone who is analytical. The man spent most of his time making obvious comments that any of us could have made…" said a cricket fan who requested anonymity. - Gracey Chirumanzu