Keyword: Cricket

Fred Titmus has two short legs, one of them square.

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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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Those are the only balls you've touched all day!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Australian cricketer
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Personally, I have always looked upon cricket as organized loafing.

(1881–1944) Archbishop of Canterbury
Sports

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator
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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.

Australian actor
Sports

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

Australian cricketer
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It's been very slow and dull day, but it hasn't been boring. It's been a good, entertaining day's cricket.

Cricket commentator
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Cricket shouldn't be used as a political football.

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

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

cricket commentator
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He’s on 90… 10 away from that mythical figure.

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

British sports commentator
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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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Welcome to Worcester where we have just seen Barry Richards hit one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground.

cricket announcer
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