{"id":7867,"date":"2016-05-12T11:21:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2016-05-12T11:23:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:23:23","slug":"tributes-pour-in-for-tony-cozier-from-the-cricketing-fraternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/12\/tributes-pour-in-for-tony-cozier-from-the-cricketing-fraternity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes Pour in for TONY COZIER from the Cricketing fraternity"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Tributes Pour in for TONY COZIER from the Cricketing fraternity’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Ace Commentator from West Indies\u00a0TONY COZIER<\/strong> passed away yesterday, He was one of the pioneer of Radio and Television commentary and was the household name in the West Indies Cricket, Cricket fraternity is in shock with this great loss to Cricket, Here are the few tweets from the Cricketing world giving tributes to the great man.<\/p>\n

So so Sad … Forget all the Great players .. Tony Cozier was the reason I loved West Indian Cricket … #<\/s>RIPTony<\/b><\/a>\u00a0~ @MichaelVaughan<\/p>\n

Rest in peace tony cozier. A voice and presence that will be missed dearly. It was always a delight to chat and spend time with him ~ @KumarSanga2<\/p>\n

Tony cozier was the real voice of cricketAlways discussed the game and the players in a positive manner sad to hear he’s no more with us rip ~ @YUVSTRONG12<\/p>\n

Saddened to hear of the passing of the great Tony Cozier. A voice of cricket, a commentary legend and a gentleman. He will truly be missed ~ @wasimakramlive<\/p>\n

Saddened to hear about the passing away of Tony Cozier.He was the voice of WI cricket and was deeply in love with the game.May his soul RIP ~ @VVSLaxman281<\/p>\n

Just heard .. Tony Cozier..One of the great men of cricket has passed away … One of the very best ~ @BumbleCricket<\/p>\n

Sad to hear about the passing away of tony cozier. Great loss to cricket and a very popular voice of WI cricket.condolence to the family. ~ @anilkumble1074<\/p>\n

Really sad to hear about #<\/s>tonycozier<\/b><\/a> May his soul rest in peace. A great commentator and a wonderful man. Condolences with his family ~ @SAfridiOfficial<\/p>\n

Tony Cozier for me you were champagne on air .. #<\/s>SmoothVoiceRIP<\/b><\/a>#<\/s>TonyCozier<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 ~ @virendersehwag<\/p>\n

I’m really upset about the passing of Tony Cozier. He was one of the finest the comm box has ever been blessed with and a good friend. RIP ~ @Swannyg66<\/p>\n

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Deeply saddened that one of my favourite person in the world of cricket media has passed away. RIP Tony Cozier. ~ @sanjaymanjrekar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Desperate to report the passing of great family friend, Tony Cozier. Not enough room here to pay sufficient tribute. Will miss him hugely ~ @Aggerscricket<\/p>\n

So shocked and saddened by the news of Tony Cozier passing, a wonderful man and distinguished broadcaster. #<\/s>RIP<\/b><\/a>\u00a0~ @TomMoodyCricket<\/p>\n

Tony Cozier has passed away. A class act as a commentator, journalist and man. A true man of cricket. ~ @ajjarodkimber<\/p>\n

Go well Tony Cozier. You adorned our game. You loved it like a child and a parent. You had respect. You had dignity. And you had love. ~ @bhogleharsha<\/p>\n

My heart is extremely sore today. I have lost a great friend. He will leave an empty space forever. RIP Tony Cozier. ~ @MikeHaysman<\/p>\n

\u00a0John Arlott, Brian Johnston, Richie Benaud, Tony Cozier: a commentary team that will convert even gods into cricket loonies ~ @cricketwallah<\/p>\n

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Tony Cozier – kind & generous man, loved life, his beach party was highlight of any Caribbean tour & one of the all-time voices of cricket ~ @JohnSunCricket<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Goodbye Tony, cricket’s great friend. Nobody mastered all mediums as you did. Nobody. Love to the Coziers at home now ~ @mcjnicholas<\/p>\n

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 ~ @ICC<\/p>\n

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Sad to hear about the death of #<\/s>TonyCozier<\/b><\/a>.Today we lost a great human being,great commentator and a real voice of West Indies cricket ~ @waqyounis99<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Tributes Pour in for TONY COZIER from the Cricketing fraternity’ [liveblog] The Ace Commentator from West Indies\u00a0TONY COZIER passed away yesterday, He was one of the pioneer of Radio and Television commentary and was the household name in the West Indies Cricket, Cricket fraternity is in shock with this great loss to Cricket, Here are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1924,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170,140],"tags":[10,703,232],"class_list":["post-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cricket-news","category-updates","tag-cricket","tag-tony-cozier","tag-west-indies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7873,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7867\/revisions\/7873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}