Natalie Germanos

Natalie Germanos (born 5 April [announced by her during IPL match 4 April 2025] 1981 or 1982) is a South African cricket commentator, freelance journalist and radio personality. She has provided commentary for multiple cricket world cups since 2005.

Career Natalie pursued career aspirations in journalism and she obtained a sports communication degree, and she also majored in broadcast journalism. She obtained formal education in broadcasting including how to organise technical and production crew before engaging in broadcasting. She served in as commentator collaborating with the Test Match Special to deliver live commentary for the matches involving the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In October 2021, she was chosen as one of the commentators by the International Cricket Council for the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup. She was part of the commentators panel which was named by the International Cricket Council ahead of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup. In October 2022, International Cricket Council included Natalie as one of the commentators ahead of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. During a group stage match played between Pakistan and the Netherlands during the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, she received widespread media attention for having climbed atop of the Optus Stadium in Perth, while wearing a safety harness as she incorporated a paradigm shift approach to deliver commentary in an unexpected manner while standing at the top of the stadium.

In February 2023, Natalie was named by the International Cricket Council as one of the commentators in the ICC's commentators' panel for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. In July 2023, she was roped in as one of the commentators for the inaugural edition of the Major League Cricket in the United States of America. In September 2023, International Cricket Council named Natalie as one of the members of the ICC's panel of commentators lineup for the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. She was named in commentary panel for the 2024 Women's Premier League. She was included as part of Star Sports commentary panel ahead of the 2024 Indian Premier League. In May 2024, International Cricket Council named Natalie as one of the commentators for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In October 2024, International Cricket Council included Natalie as one of the commentators for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.