Keyword: Cricket

Cricket is a game which the British, not being a spiritual people, had to invent in order to have some concept of eternity.

British politician
People Sports Time

Chappell just stood on his feet and smashed it to the boundary.

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

I wish you were a statue and I were a pigeon.

Stephen Gascoigne (1878 – 1942) Australian sports fan & heckler
Sports

It is a catch he would have held 99 times out of one thousand.

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

On the first day, Logie decided to chance his arm and it came off.

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports

Marshall's bowling with his head.

Misspokements Sports

Personally, I’ve always looks upon cricket as organized loafing.

(1881–1944) Archbishop of Canterbury
Sports

He's usually a good puller – but he couldn't get it up that time.

Australian cricketer & commentator
Misspokements Sports

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
England People Places Sports Time

Cricket shouldn't be used as a political football.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

He’s on 90… 10 away from that mythical figure.

British sports commentator
Malaprops Sports

Fast bowlers are quick. Just watch this – admittedly it is in slow motion.

Australian cricketer
Misspokements Sports

There were no scores below single figures.

Australian cricketer & commentator
Misspokements Sports

The Queen's Park Oval -– as its name suggests, absolutely round!

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

Welcome to Worcester where we have just seen Barry Richards hit one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground.

cricket announcer
Misspokements Sports

He is a very dangerous bowler… innocuous, if you like.

cricket coach
Misspokements Sports

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Baseball Sports Time

Send ‘im’ down a piano, see if ‘e can play that!

Stephen Gascoigne (1878 – 1942) Australian sports fan & heckler
Sports

I always insist that my team be in bed before breakfast.

English cricketer
Sports

That’s cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Boxing Colemanballs Misspokements Sports