Ashes BBC commentary team: best and worst

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My fave commentator on the BBC's team is good old Blowers! He's got some lovely old-fashioned turns of phrase, and his overflowing enthusiastic waxing lyrical at the sight of a butterfly, some seagulls, or even just some nearby cranes (the building-site type) is just a pure joy to listen to. His commentary makes the ludicrously late nights of the series so much easier to bear. On the other hand, Christopher Martin-Jenkins is everything that's bad and life-sapping about cricket commentary. He doesn't seem to understand what's going on oftentimes, drones on about how HE in his infinite wisdom (!??!!) thinks the England team should be playing, and just loves name-dropping. He's very much of the old Establishment viewpoint, and just tows the MCC line unthinkingly. Every time he begins his smug joyless droning, we need matchsticks under the eyelids to stay awake! Who's the best and who's the worst cricket commentator in your opinion, and why?