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Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - Captain - 05-11-2016
Tony Cozier, the West Indian cricket writer, commentator and journalist, has died in his home country, Barbados, at the age of 75 after an illness.
Cozier began writing on cricket as a teenager in 1958 and, despite never having played the game, he became one of its most distinguished voices. His last column on these pages was published on May 1.
Cozier was admitted to hospital on May 3 for tests related to infections in the neck and legs.
Cozier, whose father Jimmy was also a cricket writer, began his commentary career during Australia's tour of West Indies in 1965. Over five decades, Cozier grew into an accomplished media professional across mediums all over the world. He worked in radio and television, wrote books, and was published in newspapers, magazines and on the internet.
He edited the West Indies Cricket Annual between 1970 and 1991, and in 1978 wrote the acclaimed book, The West Indies: 50 Years of Test Cricket. In 2011, the MCC awarded Cozier life membership for his services to the game.
It was estimated that Cozier was among the most prolific watchers of Test cricket anywhere. Wisden in 2003 reported that he had watched 266 Tests in his 40-odd years of covering the game up to that point.
Sambit Bal, ESPNcricinfo's editor-in-chief, said Cozier was one of the most credible voices in West Indies cricket. "To say Tony loved cricket would be somewhat shallow: cricket was his life, and it was a life of great distinction. He cared for the game deeply and absolutely, and his heart bled for West Indian cricket, which he served as a broadcaster, writer and conscience-keeper for five decades. His was the most credible voice from the region and, in the last decade-and-a-half, an anguished one. He gave the game as much as he got from it and it can safely be said that he will be impossible to replace, on ESPNcricinfo and elsewhere."
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Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - King Mohunlal - 05-11-2016
love the man
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - ketchim - 05-11-2016
R.I.P. Tony Cozier
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - chairman - 05-11-2016
a legend
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - karlaa - 05-11-2016
One of the truly great voices of cricket. A huge loss for the cricket community
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - Googley - 05-11-2016
WI cricket has lost another great! He was an outstanding ambassador for WI cricket! Great commentator as well...a walking historian! Coz will be missed!
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - TRINIDADDY - 05-11-2016
Greig, Benaud, Jenkins and now Cozier have all passed away. The end of an era.
RIP.
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - Watooka - 05-11-2016
Brian Johnson, John Arlott, and Tony Cozier in the BBC Radio 4 cricket commentary box when rain had stopped play was the stuff of legends. It was sometimes almost rude of the umpire to come on the pitch and declare it fit to play on after the covers had been removed.
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - boomer - 05-11-2016
Tony's voice and commentary injected life even into the most boring phases of a cricket match. He easily matched Richie Benaud, Brian Johnston, and Henry Blofeld as exemplary commentators. His writing was also exemplary. As a youngster, I eagerly awaited the West Indies Cricket Annual he published every year.
I send my condolences to his loved ones.
RIP, Tony.
Re: Tony Cozier dies aged 75 - ketchim - 05-11-2016
I just keep hearing Tony Cozier and Reds Perreira in my head !
From as long as I have memory of Cricket commentary via a transistor radio..