Keyword: Cricket (Page 3)

It would be unprintable on television.

English cricketer

That slow motion doesn't show how fast the ball was traveling.

Australian cricketer & commentator

Oi, leave our flies alone, Jardine. They’re the only friends you’ve got here.

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

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

English cricketer

Cricket shouldn't be used as a political football.

English cricketer

I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

English cricketer

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

British sports commentator

His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.

Australian cricketer & commentator

There were no scores below single figures.

Australian cricketer & commentator

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

You rejoin us at a very appropriate time – Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end!

cricket announcer

It was close for Zaheer, Lawson threw his hands in the air and Marsh threw his head in the air.

cricket commentator

Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.


It's funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan, it's when you realize that your wife left you in May.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

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

cricket commentator

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

English cricketer

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

cricket announcer