Where have all the good sports commentators gone?

Please, spare me from biased English commentators. I've been watching the cricket on Sky. Yes NZ have been fairly woeful, but lets put things into perspective. The English team is chosen from a population of approx. 60 million and four countries. The whole population of New Zealand could fit into a large Welsh town!!!! Does this fact dampen the gloating of the commentators? Of course not. (David Lloyd is forgiven though because he is funny and entertaining) Then there was the moment that James Anderson took his 300^th wicket. Wow, anyone would have thought he had cured cancer or solved world famine. OK, fair enough, it is an achievement, and he only has to get another 500 to catch up to Murali, or another 300 to overtake McGrath and Walsh.

Then there was the Wiggo & Cav Show, oops, sorry, the Giro d'Italia. It was not until Wiggins withdrew that the commentators even acknowledged that there were other riders in the race.

However, the worst commentary I have heard so far this year was for the London Marathon. The most talked about runner in the ladies race was Paula Radcliff. Was she a contestant? No, she won in 2005, but we were kept informed about her times at the various stages of the race, what her fluid intake was, what her heart rate was at every corner (ok slight exaggeration here but you get the idea!). The main focus on the mens race was for another Englishman who was not even going to finish the race, and they did not even know who won the wheelchair event, just that “their” man came 3^rd.

I think that a commentator should be familiar with all the contestants names and numbers, and inform the viewing public on everything that is happening, not just the bits that are of personal interest.