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Boy George would be considered straight at the University of Western Australia" - Kerry O'Keefe casting doubts about the tests done by the University on Muttiah Muralitharan's controversial bowling action Dermot Reeve was so self-obsessed that even on the local nudist beach he only admired himself" - Simon Hughes
The other advantage England have got when Phil Tufnell is bowling is that he isn't fielding" - Ian ChappellIn the infamous Bodyline series, England captain Douglas Jardine went to the opposing dressing room to explain to the Aussie captain Bill Woodfull that one of their players had called him a “b******”. This was Merv Hughes’ response to Javed Miandad after the Pakistani batsman had called him a fat bus conductor. What’s the difference between a Formula 1 car and Chris Martin batting? Nothing. Blink and you’ll miss them both. After Glenn McGrath had asked Zimbabwe’s Eddo Brandes why he was so fat, Brandes replied that every time he slept with McGrath’s mother she gave him a biscuit.
In the rear, the small diminutive figure of Shoaib Mohammed, who can't be much taller than he is" - Henry Blofeld Hey champ, we’ve just come up with the ugliest XI and mate, looking at you right now through your lid, you are captain of the ugly XI’I can’t really say I’m batting badly. I’m not batting long enough to be batting badly”– Greg Chappell Words uttered by Steve Waugh to Jamie Siddons when the former was urging the Aussie skipper to hurry up in a Sheffield Shield match.
Once in an exhibition match given out leg-before, he refused to walk and told the umpire: 'They came to watch me bat, not you bowl.' And the innings continued.A comment made by Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar when West Indies played India in a test match. Gavaskar was usually an opener but had dropped down to number 4 on this specific occasion. Michael Atherton is one of the few people capable of looking more dishevelled at the start of a six-hour century than at the end of it" - Martin Johnson