Keyword: Cricket

I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

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

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

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

Australian cricketer
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It is now possible they can get the impossible score they first thought possible.

British cricket journalist
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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

The black cloud is coming from the direction the wind is blowing. Now the wind is coming from where the black cloud is!

English cricketer & commentator
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Then there was that dark horse with the golden arm, Mudassar Nazar.

British sports commentator
Sports

His feet were a long way away from his body!

Indian cricketer
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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
England People Places Sports Time

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

cricket commentator
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Cricket: A game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.

Definitions Sports

It would be unprintable on television.

English cricketer
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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 is a full house at the Eden Gardens. Today, Calcutta is celebrating the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi!

cricket commentator
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David Boon is now completely clean-shaven, except for his moustache.

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

(1912 – 1987) Hungarian-born British author
Sports

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

British sports commentator
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In the back of Hughes' mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.


Sports Wordplay

Cricket is baseball on valium.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Baseball Sports

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

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports