Cricket Quotes
The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey.
- Brian Johnston, BBC
Yorkshire 232 all out, Hutton ill - I'm sorry, Hutton 111.
- John Snagge, BBC News
Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end.
- Brian Johnston, BBC Radio
Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the
ground.
- Brian Johnston, BBC Radio
He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time.
- Richie Benaud, Channel 9
If you go in with two fast bowlers and one breaks down, you're left two short.
- Bob Massie, ABC Radio
This game will be over any time from now.
- Alan McGilvray, ABC Radio
It is important for Pakistan to take wickets if they are going to make big inroads into this Australian batting line-up.
- Max Walker, Channel 9
Glenn McGrath joins Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel in a three-ponged prace attack.
- Tim Gavel, ABC News
In the back of Hughes' mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.
- Tony Greig, Channel 9
It's been very slow and dull day, but it hasn't been boring. It's been a good, entertaining day's cricket.
- Tony Benneworth, ABC Radio
It was close for Zaheer, Lawson threw his hands in the air and Marsh threw his head in the air.
- Jack Potter, 3UZ
Laird has been brought in to stand in the corner of the circle.
- Richie Benaud, Channel 9
Chappell just stood on his feet and smashed it to the boundary.
- Jim Maxwell, ABC Radio
On the first day, Logie decided to chance his arm and it came off.
- Trevor Bailey, Radio 3
He didn't quite manage to get his leg over.
- Jonathan Agnew, after Botham had spun around off balance and tried to step over the wicket unsuccessfully, BBC
Lloyd's talking to his SLIPers.
- Channel 9 commentator.
Marshall's bowling with his head.
- ABC commentator.
The sight of Bright holds no fright for Wright.
- Jim Maxwell
and the riposte
That's right!
- Norm O'Neil
And Jajeda is dijappointed...Jadeja is ji..da..I'll come again, Jajeda..okay Jadeja looks downcast.
- Tony Greig on Channel 9.
His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going
- Richie Benaud
Even Downton couldn't get down high enough for that
- Richie Benaud
That slow motion doesn't show how fast the ball was traveling.
- Richie Benaud
There were no scores below single figures
- Richie Benaud
Fast bowlers are quick. Just watch this -- admittedly it is in slow motion
- Ian Chappell.
It is now possible they can get the impossible score they first thought possible
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins.
It would be unprintable on television
- Geoff Boycott
If England lose now, they will be leaving the field with their heads between their legs!
- Geoff Boycott
That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.
- Fred Trueman
Then there was that dark horse with the golden arm, Mudassar Nazar.
- Trevor Bailey
David Boon is now completely clean-shaven, except for his moustache.
- Graham Dawson
The black cloud is coming from the direction the wind is blowing. Now the wind is coming from where the black cloud is!
- Raymond Illingworth
He is a very dangerous bowler. Innocuous, if you like.
- England coach David Lloyd discussing Chris Harris
The Queen's Park Oval -- as its name suggests, absolutely round!
- Tony Cozier
His feet were a long way away from his body!
- Ravi Shastri
You rejoin us at a very appropriate time -- Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end!
- Brian Johnston
The lights are shining quite darkly
- Henry Blofeld
It is a catch he would have held 99 times out of one thousand.
- Henry Blofeld
It is a full house at the Eden Gardens. Today, Calcutta is celebrating the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi!
- Henry Blofeld
Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
- Robin Williams, American actor
Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at the beginning of the game, not after. It always works in our picnic matches.
- Paul Hogan, Australian actor
I don't know what these fellows are doing, but whatever they are doing, they sure are doing it well.
- Pete Sampras on watching Lara and Ambrose at Lord's.
Cricket is a game which the British, not being a spiritual people, had to invent in order to have some concept of eternity.
- Lord Maycroft
Many continentals think life is a game, the English think cricket is a game.
- George Mikes How to be an Alien
Personally, I have always looked upon cricket as organised loafing.
-William Temple. Archbishop of Canterbury 1926.
Q: Do you feel that the selectors and yourself have been vindicated by the result?
A: I don't think the press are vindictive. They can write what they want.
- Mike Gatting, ITV
I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign...Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.
- Ted Dexter, explaining away England's seventh successive Test loss, to Australia at Lord's, 1993
There was a slight interruption there for athletics.
- Richie Benaud, referring to a streaker at Lord's, BBC TV
Say, when do they begin?
- Grouch Marx, watching a cricket match at Lord's
It's funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan, it's when you realise that your wife left you in May.
- Denis Norden, British television writer and compere
Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare.
- Mike Brearley, 1980
Is there any sex in it?
- Peter Sellers, as a psychiatrist upon first learning about cricket in What's New Pussycat, 1965
Q: Darryl, who are your favourite actors?
Cullinan: Dustin Hoffman and some Aussie bowlers in the act of appealing.
Q: What's your favourite animal?
Steve Waugh: Merv Hughes.
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