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Monday, February 19, 2007
Famous Cricket Quotes
That great question posted below reminds of the famous commentary quote from Brian Johnston,
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"
Another favourite of mine...
"Geoffrey is the only fellow I've met who fell in love with himself at a young age and has remained faithful ever since." - Dennis Lillee on Geoff Boycott
Anymore??
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"
Another favourite of mine...
"Geoffrey is the only fellow I've met who fell in love with himself at a young age and has remained faithful ever since." - Dennis Lillee on Geoff Boycott
Anymore??
Labels: Dennis Lillee, Geoff Boycott
3 Comments:
Throw, throw, throw the ball, gently down the seam
Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali, chucks it like a dream
Bowl, bowl, bowl the ball, gently through the air
Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali, here comes Darrell Hair ... No Ball!"
The Barmy Army serenade Muttiah Muralitharan to the tune of Row Row Row The Boat, Gently Down The Stream
"We left Downing Street and there was a lot of photographers. He said: 'What do they want?' 'So I looked at him and said: 'A photo, you knob!'"
Matthew Hoggard jokes on They Think It's All Over about what he said during a spot of post-Ashes hobnobbing with Tony Blair at Downing Street
A few more quotes from 2006:
Most involve a Yorkshireman or Shane Warne for some reason...
"We're continuing our investigations, and when we find who did it we are stringing them up by his ding-dang-doos and we're chopping them off."
Well done Matthew Hoggard for treating meaningless drivel with the approach it deserves ... he was reacting to the 'leaked' battle plan for the England bowlers
"I am starting to breathe again after the swell of the last two hours. I'll have a few drinks and a few smokes afterwards, and take it from there."
Shane Warne during his retirement announcement
"When I told my children I was retiring they got a bit disappointed because they didn't think I was going to play backyard cricket with them. They said, 'Can you still play with us?' I said 'I can'."
"He's not that good. He tends to just start with a four-letter word and then says a load of nonsense."
Mark Taylor on whether Warne is one of the best sledgers ever
"He carried on like a small child whose mother would have smacked him."
Geoff Boycott on Shane Warne's histrionics after an appeal against Kevin Pietersen was (rightly) turned down
"I just close my eyes and wang it down."
The secrets of Matthew Hoggard's success
Fred could take three of the Aussies down, Steve Harmison would get stuck into two, I could take one ... but they've got some big guys in their squad."
Andrew Strauss rates England's chances in a fist fight with the old enemy
"Harmison won't come right by resting. I have never heard of any batsman or bowler who got better by sitting on his arse in the dressing room. I just don't think he bowls enough overs in the middle."
Sir Geoffrey again..
If he's not talking about the flipper it's the zooter, the slider, or the wrong 'un. He'll shortly start working on a ball that loops the loop, disappears down his trouser leg, and whistles Waltzing Matilda before rattling into the stumps."
The Daily Telegraph's Martin Johnson on Warne's variation-a-day stunts
"I remember when someone asked me for my autograph and when I went over they slapped a minced beef and onion pie on my head."
Phil Tufnell with some affectionate memories of playing cricket in Australia
I resent the fact that my argument has been misrepresented by a pompous prat who obviously has his own personal issues regarding my cricketing record as it compares to his own public school and club career."
.....and again
"Because I'm pretty bloody good at it!"
Darrell Hair on why he isn't currently considering retirement as an umpire
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