Bryan Alexander Waddle (born 1948) is a veteran
New Zealand
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-born sports broadcaster, sometimes called "The voice of New Zealand cricket".
He grew up in
Karori
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and went to school at
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.
His father was the public address announcer at the
Basin Reserve
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, while his mother did the catering.
After working for the
ANZ Bank
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he joined the Wellington radio station
2ZB as a sports broadcaster.
In New Zealand he is best known for his
cricket
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commentaries on
Radio Sport
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; he has also appeared on the
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's cricket coverage. Beginning with the
in Wellington in February 1981, he has commentated on more than 250 Tests and 400
.
Although primarily a radio commentator, Waddle also appeared on television as co-host (with
) of ''The Dilmah Tea Party'', a 15-minute celebrity interview conducted on-field during the tea interval of Test matches played in New Zealand. With Coney and
he wrote the cricket book ''The Wonderful Days of Summer'' (Moa Beckett, Auckland, 1993).
He and his wife Clare have a son and a daughter. He was appointed a
, for services as a sports broadcaster.