Occasionally while at Nine, he returned to cricket commentary and in 2003/04 called an Australia A game.
There was a power cut at that time and many had gathered around a radio to listen to cricket commentary being broadcast live from Lord's Cricket Ground.
He loved to listen to cricket commentary on the radio and began making up his own, which led to a love of language.
The parodies, released periodically on CD, are designed as a comical look "behind the scenes" of the Nine Network's cricket commentary.
All these were accompanied by soca from record shops, car horns and a cricket commentary pouring from transistor radios.
Its major programming include a mix of Pakistani and Indian music as well as live cricket commentary.
Henry Blofeld, 72, is a sports journalist best known for his cricket commentaries on BBC Radio 4.
Content for the channel will include talk and phone-in shows, music and poetry, news and current affairs, and live cricket commentary.
The website is known for its commentary on sporting events, particularly its over-by-over cricket commentary.
Harvie's voice was inextricably linked to cricket commentaries from the island of Ceylon.