00:00 I gotta tell you, I'm home. I am finally at home. Look at this place.
00:07 Ah, loving.
00:10 And he's dancing totally out of timing with the ghost.
00:14 Alright guys, so we're here with Danny Morrison of course. His voice is one of the song chucks almost of the Republic Bank CPL. Danny, you're here. How's it been CPL 2023?
00:26 It's been a little damp, hasn't it? But I'm not complaining because it just cools things off a little bit. But as ever, I mean, what a great crowd.
00:34 And then if the weather isn't smiling, then you've got the DJ doing his thing and the vibes here, so it's quite good.
00:42 Well, you've been part of the CPL for quite a number of years. Your voice has become synonymous. It's almost a backing track of the cricket that's going on.
00:51 How's that been for you? How special is the CPL for you? And how does it fit your style of commentary?
00:57 In a way, I've grown with CPL. And so, if you like, the franchise T20 circuit has really helped me massively.
01:07 And also, I think the style of the game, the short, condensed nature of it. And I just think the vibe, particularly here, it's just so unique.
01:15 It's different from anywhere else. You know, IPL or being in Bangladesh during the Pakistan Super League, you know, the UAE, wherever.
01:22 Very different. And then the other ones down under are certainly more conservative. So it lends its style to me.
01:30 I have a bit of a thespian background in terms of my mother and doing pantomime when I was 11 and 12.
01:37 So in terms of hamming it up for the camera, I don't mind because I was exposed to that when I was young.
01:44 Has it been accepted? When you started, you know, your style has been unique. Was it accepted in the early days?
01:51 Well, it's funny. I live in Australia and I don't work down under in Australia or New Zealand. I tend to.
01:57 So my niche or regions are the Caribbean, subcontinent, the UAE, I've done a lot of work in.
02:04 So I've embraced that. And I think the people here have embraced it as well.
02:09 And so I think you grow with something like that and you change a bit with it. So I've loved it, no doubt.
02:14 And I think this tournament, it really is one of the big highlights on the calendar.
02:19 Many people see yourself as a pioneer. Do you see yourself as a pioneer in terms of your style of commentary?
02:25 Not really. I just think all of us, even some of the more elder statesmen that have maybe just been finishing,
02:31 I think they've accepted too that they've got a lot more animated. You need to be up.
02:35 146 clicks and it's off midland leg and smoked over cover. Oh, take a bow, KB.
02:44 You think of Bumble Lloyd, you know, the great David Lloyd, who's now in his mid-70s. And yet what he brought to us.
02:49 And I often listened to him when he was on Sky and even then, you know, BFU both of them gave him a bit of a hard time.
02:55 If you're taking your, haven't taken your pills today, Bumble. Because we're a little bit more eclectic and a little bit the other end of the scale.
03:01 I just think it brings a different flavor. And so I think people can either gravitate to that.
03:07 If we were all the same, it would be a bit bland. Right. So I just think a lot of us that are a bit different, a bit hyped, a bit amped.
03:13 It just brings a little more color.
03:16 What do you think are your top three tips for any aspiring young commentators out there?
03:20 What would you say are the top three things that they must have to become a Danny Morrison?
03:26 Well, I think you've got to love what you do in terms of the game. So you love the game.
03:31 And you've obviously got to have a bit of knowledge and be cricket centric about the game.
03:34 And also, I think your own style, you work out what your talent is.
03:39 Like I think Amali Richards, who did a bit with us in the last couple of years.
03:42 So beautiful voice, different, different pace, different tone. And again, that's not bad. That's what it is.
03:48 And now we've got Nikhil Uttamchandani.
03:51 So he, again, is a little more journalist, but he likes to get up and think, I think you've got to have a strong voice.
03:57 Otherwise, also, because you realise too, you get drowned out by the music.
04:01 So all of that sort of stuff is a very different light and shade to say doing test match cricket or even 50 over cricket.
04:08 So you need to get up at the right times.
04:10 And so I think for someone taking it on, they've just got to simply love it and embrace it and be a sponge.
04:17 Want to learn. And radio, I mean, radio for a lot of us is a great medium.
04:22 And you can have more conversation around that.
04:24 You're not dictated to so much by television's editorial medium and all of that.
04:29 So, you know, in terms of that, I think for a lot of youngsters, they can get into radio first and go with that and love that.
04:36 Then other things can lead on.
04:38 Before I let you go, what would you want your legacy to be in commentary and particularly the CPL?
04:43 What legacy do you want to leave?
04:45 Well, I just think having a great time and I think embracing the people, because that's what it's about.
04:49 And I think fundamentally, you don't forget what the game's about.
04:53 You've got the fans and the fans dictate that.
04:55 We've had COVID, right? If you don't have any fans, man, you notice what a tough job it is.
05:00 And so we felt that massively in 2020 and 21.
05:03 So they make it.
05:05 And I think here, a bit spoiled, really, because you can't get anyone dresses up.
05:10 Carnival, the history and the culture of that side of it.
05:13 So clearly, I've embraced that.
05:16 And so the others like Pomi Mbanga was here for the first time.
05:20 He loves that the music gets in your blood.
05:23 And I suppose the same would say, for instance, on the other side, it's got the IPL, which a lot of noise.
05:28 Their passion for the game is huge as well.
05:31 So again, different. But for me at CPL, legacy would have to be a whole heap of love and passion.
05:39 Danny, thanks so much, man.
05:43 It's for the running. It's for the double A's.
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