There is a lot of international cricket on TV these days, and an assortment of commentators describing the action.
Most of the commentators are run of the mill describe-the-action-and-state-the-obvious kind of guys. There are some really bad ones like Fernando, Sidhu, Akram, and Srinath. Then there is a handful of really good ones.
Nasser Hussain is one of the really good ones - has great insights, is very candid, and does not hesitate to put anyone on the spot. I didn't care very much for Nasser Hussain the batsman, but love Nasser the commentator.
Nasser set the cat among the pigeons a couple of days ago by describing some of India's fielders in the recent T20 international as "donkeys". India has been one of the worst fielding sides in the world for a long time, and Nass's comment was a little cruel, but very funny. The BCCI is up in arms and asking Nasser to apologize. It is the BCCI that needs to apologize to the cricket fans for the appalling fielding standards in Indian cricket.
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