Bill Lawry

Before Bill Lawry pledged his commitments to commentating on radio, he was engaged to cricket as a player. Bill Lawry played for Australia during the 1960s. His test match record speaks of 5234 runs from 67 matches.

During his cricketing days Bill Lawry was criticized for lifeless batting, but when he took up commentating after his retirement, he made sure not a shadow of the past criticism verged on his new vocation. Bill Lawry was funny as a commentator and had a unique style of his own.Bill Lawry moved from radio commentary to commentating for Channel 9. Bill Lawrys rather distinctive style has been regularly mimicked in the Twelfth Man series.Cricketscorelive.com offers information on Bill Lawry and other famous cricket commentators.