Commentator Tony Cozier passes away at the age of 75

Popular commentator Tony Cozier passed away at the age of 75 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Cozier had been seriously ill for last few days and was kept under supervision earlier today.

Now the news has arrived that one of the iconic voices of the cricket fraternity, Tony Cozier, has passed away. He was admitted at the Bayview Hospital in Beckles Road at Bridgetown, Barbados. Cozier was known as the ‘voice of the West Indies’ and had been commentating for the West Indies cricket since 1958. After more than 50 years of service, he was still respected the same way and was renowned as the face of West Indies commentary.

He was a cricket writer and commentator for West Indian cricket since 1958. Cozier was widely renowned for his extensive knowledge of cricket facts and statistics dating back to the 1950s. He was the son of Barbados journalist Jimmy Cozier and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that commentating was in his genes. He studied journalism at the Carelton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Cozier’s first stint as a Test match commentator on radio was during West Indies’ match against Australia in 1965. He was a member of the BBC’s Test match special commentary team. He has also commentated for the popular Channel Nine in Australia, and was a member of the Sky Sports West Indian Cricket commentary team.

He penned down The West Indies: 50 Years of Test Cricket that was published in the year 1978 with a foreword by the legendary Garfield Sobers. He was the editor of The West Indies Cricket Annual for all its 22 editions. As a tribute to his contributions to cricket, the press box at the Kensington Oval has been named after him.

RIP: Winston Anthony “Tony” Cozier (born 10 July 1940-11 May 2016)