London: Cricket commentator Tony Cozier has died, at the age of 75. Cozier was a most familiar voice to cricket audiences the world over as well as at home in the West Indies.
<img title="Jonathan Agnew" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/agnew.jpg" alt="Jonathan Agnew" /> Jonathan Agnew
The West Indies Cricket Board confirmed his death, yesterday in his native Barbados.
A short statement on the board&rsquo;s official Twitter feed read: &ldquo;Tony Cozier the legendary West Indies Cricket writer and commentary died this morning in Barbados. May he RIP.&rdquo;
Cozier was a cricket broadcaster for 50 years, and became especially well-known in Britain after first joining the BBC&rsquo;s Test Match Special team in 1966.
Jonathan Agnew, the BBC&rsquo;s cricket correspondent and a long-standing colleague, described him as a &ldquo;master&rdquo; of both radio and television media - while TMS producer Adam Mountford remembers him as &ldquo;cricket commentary royalty.&rdquo;
Honoured at Lord&rsquo;s, Bridgetown Cozier was a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) life member and had the honour of having the media centre at Bridgetown&rsquo;s Kensington Oval &mdash; his home ground &mdash; named after him. Agnew paid tribute to Cozier on the BBC&rsquo;s website.
&ldquo;Tony moved seamlessly between television and radio boxes throughout the world, gleefully describing the West Indies&rsquo; domination of the 1980s and then lamenting their subsequent demise,&rdquo; Agnew said.
&ldquo;He was a wonderfully descriptive and disciplined commentator, his melodic Bajan accent the perfect soundtrack to any cricket match. Tony was the master of going between TV and radio ball-by-ball commentary. He was the master of both.
&lsquo;Easily the best&rsquo; &ldquo;He&rsquo;s easily the best I&rsquo;ve come across in 25 years at being able to do both disciplines.&rdquo; Tributes to Cozier, and condolences to his family, poured in from around the cricket world.&rdquo;
The ICC added on Twitter: &ldquo;Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tony Cozier today. One of the truly great voices of cricket. A huge loss for the cricket community.&rdquo;
What a voice! Mountford recalled a friend and hugely professional presence in the TMS box. &ldquo;He had a voice which instantly transported you from wherever you were in the world to the sun-drenched beaches of Barbados,&rdquo; said Mountford.
&ldquo;Tony, or Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier to give him his full name, was cricketing commentary royalty. It was a privilege to share a commentary box with him.&rdquo;

'Like the West Indies cricket greats, Tony Cozier too was a legend'

Jonathan Agnew, the BBC&rsquo;s cricket correspondent and a long-standing colleague, described him as a &ldquo;master&rdquo; of both radio and television media

Tony was wonderfully descriptive & disciplined', says colleague Agnew

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