ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: List of commentators for the tournament announced

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will begin on October 5 with England taking on New Zealand in Ahmedabad.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will get underway from October 5, but the warm-up games began on September 29, 2023. New Zealand is taking on Pakistan in Hyderabad while Sri Lanka is clashing with Bangladesh in Guwahati. And to bring all this action to you, the ICC has unveiled the list of commentators for the tournament.
Some of the most well-known cricket voices will grace ICC.tv's coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, giving the fans an unforgettable experience. ICC.tv's coverage of the event will include a pre-match show, an innings interval program, and a post-match wrap-up.
This coverage will be done by Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and former England skipper Eoin Morgan. They will be supported by other World Cup winners Shane Watson, Lisa Sthalekar, Ramiz Raja, Ravi Shastri, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, and Matthew Hayden.
The commentary box will mark the return of Nasser Hussain, Ian Smith, and Ian Bishop, who called the memorable 2019 World Cup final between England and New Zealand.
Harsha Bhogle included in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 commentary panel
Several former captains like Waqar Younis, Shaun Pollock, Anjum Chopra, and Michael Atherton will call the action live from the comm box. They will be in the elite company of former international stars like Simon Doull, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Sanjay Manjrekar, Katey Martin, Dinesh Karthik, Dirk Nannes, Samuel Badree, Athar Ali Khan and Russel Arnold.
Some of the most known voices of cricket like Harsha Bhogle, Kass Naidoo, Mark Nicholas, Natalie Germanos, Mark Howard, and Ian Ward will also be joining the commentary panel for the ICC event.
List of commentators for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:
Ricky Ponting, Eoin Morgan, Shane Watson, Lisa Sthalekar, Ramiz Raja, Ravi Shastri, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Waqar Younis, Shaun Pollock, Anjum Chopra, Michael Atherton, Simon Doull, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Sanjay Manjrekar, Katey Martin, Dinesh Karthik, Dirk Nannes, Samuel Badree, Athar Ali Khan and Russel Arnold, Harsha Bhogle, Kass Naidoo, Mark Nicholas, Natalie Germanos, Mark Howard and Ian Ward.
The ICC Cricket World Cup will begin on October 5 with England taking on New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the largest cricket ground in the world. The final will take place at the same venue on November 19.
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