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Listed below are comments made by carissimi4 between Wednesday, 16th July 2008 and Wednesday, 16th July 2008.

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Ready for Headingley and Flintoff's return 3:25pm on 16 Jul 2008 Since there's a positive comment about Henry Blofeld on here already, I must add a negative one. I enjoy matches much more when he's not present.

Too slow in conveying the action: the crowd roars well in advance of any commentary from him. Too predictable ("he's up to the wicket, he bowls") and given to the self-cliche ("kicking horse"). Often seemingly unable to accept the expert's point of view, clinging to his own, and repeating it.

And, worst of all, prone to going off on one of his oh-so-endearing rambles when the cricket is at its most exciting. He would have been fine on Monday at Lords, but at the business end of a Test Match, or one of those crunch sessions, that's not on.

I'm missing the SA regular commentator from previous series, whose name escapes me. Alison Mitchell seems to still be learning the game, and while this is a positive introduction, a couple of the interviews (about the declaration, for instance) have been naive.

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