Former Australian captain and commentator, Bill Lawry has confirmed his retirement from cricket broadcasting after Channel Nine lost their free-to-air television rights saying he does not “want to spoil a great journey” that began 40 years ago. I’ve had 40 great years at Channel Nine and been very lucky and I think the time’s just right. I think it’s just been such a wonderful journey and I don’t want to spoil a great journey. “I think we’ve seen the change of cricket, from basically being amateurs, I played 17 years of first-class cricket for virtually nothing, which I would’ve done again because I didn’t know anything different. Modern-day cricket’s been fantastic I think for all sports - golf’s improved, tennis has improved, and I think it all goes back to Kerry Packer throwing a lot of money at a project he wanted to win.”

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 06:22 UTC