Keyword: Cricket

Neil Harvey, standing at leg slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle.

cricket announcer
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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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On the first day, Logie decided to chance his arm and it came off.

British sports commentator
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The batsman’s is Holding, the bowler’s Willey.

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

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

Cricket shouldn't be used as a political football.

English cricketer
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David Boon is now completely clean-shaven, except for his moustache.

Australian cricketer
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I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

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

Australian cricketer & commentator
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Marshall's bowling with his head.

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


Sports

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


Sports Wordplay

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator
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It is a catch he would have held 99 times out of one thousand.

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

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

Laird has been brought in to stand in the corner of the circle.

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

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Glenn McGrath joins Craig McDermott and Paul Reiffel in a three-ponged prace attack.


Sports

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
Sports

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

English cricketer
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