Keyword: Cricket

The batsman’s is Holding, the bowler’s Willey.

cricket announcer
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Marshall's bowling with his head.

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Then there was that dark horse with the golden arm, Mudassar Nazar.

British sports commentator
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I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

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

Australian cricketer & commentator
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It is a catch he would have held 99 times out of one thousand.

cricket commentator
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It would be unprintable on television.

English cricketer
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I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. It doesn't worry me in the least to see a batsman hurt, rolling around screaming and blood on the pitch.

Australian crickete
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The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator
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That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.

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

English cricketer
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Neil Harvey, standing at leg slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle.

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

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
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Glenn McGrath joins Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel in a three-ponged prace attack.


Sports

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

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

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play.

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

Australian cricketer
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Many continentals think life is a game, the English think cricket is a game.

(1912 – 1987) Hungarian-born British author
Sports

There were no scores below single figures.

Australian cricketer & commentator
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David Boon is now completely clean-shaven, except for his moustache.

Australian cricketer
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