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You don’t win or lose the games because of the 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.” I want to officially state that I am an emotional retard. I am so emotional…as soon as I saw the crowds of people and friends here, I started to cry.” HALLE BERRY I can’t really say I’m batting badly. I’m not batting long enough to be batting badly”– Greg Chappell Go on Hedley, you've got him in two minds, he doesn't know whether to hit you for four or six" - Arthur Wood to Hedley Verity
Robin Smith to Australia’s Merv Hughes after hitting him for four. The ball before, Hughes had said to Smith ‘you can’t bat’. 34. “More misses than King Henry the 8th” 35. “This is how a bowler makes runs” 36. “This is my island, my culture. And in my culture, we bowl” As a preparation for a Test match, the domestic game is the equivalent of training for the Olympic marathon by taking the dog for a walk" - Martin Johnson commented, 'It was surreal and embarrassing. We almost got a run, but the batsman turned it down because he' Michael Vaughan and Andrew [Freddie] Flintoff, now elderly, 85 and 82 years old, are sitting on a park bench outside Lord's sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game. Suffolk TeenageI can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly" - Greg Chappell Fred Trueman to an Australian batsman as he turned to shut the gate. 13. “Man it don’t matter where you come in, the score is still zero!” Ashley Giles made a simple attempt at a top-edged hook by Mahela Jayawardene look like a Mr Bean Christmas special" - Peter Hayter, lamenting the standard of England's fielding, 2003 Australian swing bowler Bob Massie had a brief playing career. His stint as a commentator was equally brief and maybe this is why. Alan McGilvray Clinching the [County] Championship is a strange sensation... There's more atmosphere in a doctor's waiting room" - Simon Hughes
People only call me 'Fiery' because it rhymes with Fred, just like 'Typhoon' rhymes with Tyson" - Fred Trueman This was a very ribald comment from England fast bowler Fred Trueman who wasn’t known for possessing a filter. When a delivery from Trueman was edged into the slips, fielder Raman Subba Row was unable to stop it. After the Pakistani innings was put in a tough situation by the Indian bowlers, Akhtar had said, “Pakistan ke liye jeetna ab kaafi mushkil, sarri ummidein ab sirf Afridi pe tiki hain (It will be tough for Pakistan to win now, all the hopes are now resting on Afridi).” Loveable oldies and unruly students, our affection for those at Channel Nine has slightly diminished by the relative absence of stalwarts Bill Lawry and Richie Benaud. While the adults are away the Warnies, Tubbs and, quite spectacularly, Heals will play. Ian Healy, once Baggy Green general, now drunk uncle at a wedding, fresh from ribbing a Channel Nine cameraman for tumbling on a Segway, decided to give it a go. Moving was no issue but stopping was, as Heals took a huge tumble, eating equal amounts humble pie and turf in the process. 5. Test match filth
14. Australian Merv Hughes was the king of sledging.
I hate losing, and I believe that winning is everything. It’s my driving force, and I work my hardest to achieve it.” Another vintage one, it had former England and Yorkshire fast bowler Freddie Trueman describing a six in one of the most bizarre, yet true, manners. He said, “That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.”
Man it don’t matter where you come in, the score is still zero!” 14. “Did I give you any good advice?” In a county game Charles Kortright had dismissed W G Grace four or five times only for the umpires to keep turning down his appeals.
The only change England would propose might be to replace Derek Pringle, who remains troubled by no balls" - The Times I'm all right when his arm comes over, but I'm out of form by the time the bloody ball gets here" - Fred Trueman on the slow bowling of Peter Sainsbury I don't ask Kathy to face Michael Holding. So I don't see why I should be changing nappies." - Ian Botham on family life
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