Five cricket commentators and their favourite phrases

#3 Bill Lawry – “Got him, yes!”

Bill Lawry followed up his great cricket career with a great commentary career

The former Australian captain Bill Lawry has many accolades to his name, including 13 Test hundreds, a 1-3 series win in India and the ‘privilege’ of being whitewashed by the last official South African side before their apartheid ban featuring Messrs Graeme Pollock and Barry Richards. He is also known for a long commentary career, during which he came to be identified with a set of simple but emphatic catchphrases.

Perhaps others were not like his exultant outburst when a player was dismissed. A simple cry of “Got him, yes!” was enough to put a seal on the success of a bowler’s mission.Combined with other phrases such as “It’s all happening!”, Lawry’s pronouncements have become memorable.