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Cozier to be buried on Friday
Iconic Barbadian cricket commentator and Journalist Tony Cozier will be buried on Friday at 15:00hrs
Tony Cozier
according to his only son Craig.
The veteran cricket journalist was admitted to a hospital in Barbados on May 3 for tests related to infections in the neck and legs and eventually succumbed to a prolonged period of illness.
Cozier was West Indies’ most revered Radio and TV commentator and cricket journalist, ultimately changing the image of cricket coverage in this part of the World with his calm and eloquent description of shots from Sobers to Chanderpaul. He was 75.
Born in Bridgetown to Journalist Jimmy Cozier, the Managing Editor of the St Lucia Voice and Founder of the Barbados Daily News, Cozier, like a duck takes to water, naturally gravitated to Journalism. His son Craig also writes on cricket and is a statistician for TV networks covering International matches.
Cozier represented Barbados as a Hockey Goalkeeper and played a bit of cricket at the club level. He got into cricket commentary in 1958 and did his first International game in 1965 when West Indies played Australia.
Cozier worked for BBC’s Test match special, Channel 9 in Australia and Sky Sports and was the voice of cricket for the West Indies. He was later joined by another West Indian Broadcasting icon, Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira, as the only Caribbean voices when West Indies played overseas in the early days. He leaves to mourn his wife and two Children.
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