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"Man, it don't matter where you come in to bat, the score is still
zero."
-Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar at Madras 1983.
Gavaskar had decided to relinquish his opening position and come
in at no 4 for that test. But, Malcolm Marshall fired out Anshuman Gaekwad
and Dilip Vengsarkar for ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at
0/2.
And he thought there would be less pressure!
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Javed Miandad was once at his nagging best against an indian bowler , who was happened to be bowling to him in a match ..
After each delivery .. the Legendary Batsman wd ask the Bowler.. : "Tere Kamrey ka number kya hai .. "
Wen he did this consistently .. the bowler got annoyed.. and finally asked him.. "Karna kya hai tere ko mere number ka ... " ??
Miandad smiled and replied .. "Chchaka maarna hai .. tere room mein ball ko marunga... "
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Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game.
Viv missed a superb outswinger, and Thomas said "It's red, round
and weighs about 5 ounces."
Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and
replies,
"Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!"
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Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first
slip, and right between Raman Subba Row's legs. Fred doesn't say a word.
At the end of the over, Row ambles past Trueman and apologises
sheepishly.
"I should've kept my legs together, Fred".
The reply is classic Trueman, "Not you son, Your mother
should've!"
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Then there's this wicketkeeper who quitely asked the new batsman:
"So how's your wife, and my kids?"
Guess who.........Rod Marsh....to Ian Botham!!
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New Zealand vs South Africa: Daryll Cullinan was batting,
attempting a comeback from a complete bamboozling from Warne in earlier games.
Cullinan played the first ball from Chris Harris very carefully back down
the pitch, and keeper Parore yelled out "Well bowled Warnie!"
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Australia fighting for a win nearing the end of a Test Match, Fred
Trueman at the crease. The Aus captain has plenty of close in fielders,
whose shadows fall on the wicket.
Fredie finds this objectionable. 'Ere, if you lads don't back off,
I'll appeal for bad light!"
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The best one
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(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by Harold "Dickie"
Bird)
"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for
Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since
one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's
famous words describing an equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES'
for a run,
it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally,
Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who
would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time."
Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an equally horrendous
runner as the No.10. During a county match, horror of horrors.......both
got injured. Both opted for runners when it was their turn to bat.
Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run, forgot he had a runner and
ran himself.
Ditto at the other end. In the melee, someone decided that a
second run was on. Now we had all four running.
Due to the confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO",
eventually, all of
them ran to the same end. Note - at this point in time, the entire
ground is rolling on the floor laughing their behinds out.
One of the fielders - brave lad - stops laughing for a minute,
picks the ball and throws down the wicket at the other end.
Umpire Alec Skelding looks very seriously at the four and calmly
informs them "One of you buggers is out. I don't know which. You decide
and inform the bloody scorers!".
"Man, it don't matter where you come in to bat, the score is still
zero."
-Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar at Madras 1983.
Gavaskar had decided to relinquish his opening position and come
in at no 4 for that test. But, Malcolm Marshall fired out Anshuman Gaekwad
and Dilip Vengsarkar for ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at
0/2.
And he thought there would be less pressure!
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Javed Miandad was once at his nagging best against an indian bowler , who was happened to be bowling to him in a match ..
After each delivery .. the Legendary Batsman wd ask the Bowler.. : "Tere Kamrey ka number kya hai .. "
Wen he did this consistently .. the bowler got annoyed.. and finally asked him.. "Karna kya hai tere ko mere number ka ... " ??
Miandad smiled and replied .. "Chchaka maarna hai .. tere room mein ball ko marunga... "
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Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game.
Viv missed a superb outswinger, and Thomas said "It's red, round
and weighs about 5 ounces."
Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and
replies,
"Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!"
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first
slip, and right between Raman Subba Row's legs. Fred doesn't say a word.
At the end of the over, Row ambles past Trueman and apologises
sheepishly.
"I should've kept my legs together, Fred".
The reply is classic Trueman, "Not you son, Your mother
should've!"
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Then there's this wicketkeeper who quitely asked the new batsman:
"So how's your wife, and my kids?"
Guess who.........Rod Marsh....to Ian Botham!!
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
New Zealand vs South Africa: Daryll Cullinan was batting,
attempting a comeback from a complete bamboozling from Warne in earlier games.
Cullinan played the first ball from Chris Harris very carefully back down
the pitch, and keeper Parore yelled out "Well bowled Warnie!"
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Australia fighting for a win nearing the end of a Test Match, Fred
Trueman at the crease. The Aus captain has plenty of close in fielders,
whose shadows fall on the wicket.
Fredie finds this objectionable. 'Ere, if you lads don't back off,
I'll appeal for bad light!"
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
The best one
----------------------
(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by Harold "Dickie"
Bird)
"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for
Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since
one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's
famous words describing an equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES'
for a run,
it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally,
Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who
would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time."
Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an equally horrendous
runner as the No.10. During a county match, horror of horrors.......both
got injured. Both opted for runners when it was their turn to bat.
Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run, forgot he had a runner and
ran himself.
Ditto at the other end. In the melee, someone decided that a
second run was on. Now we had all four running.
Due to the confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO",
eventually, all of
them ran to the same end. Note - at this point in time, the entire
ground is rolling on the floor laughing their behinds out.
One of the fielders - brave lad - stops laughing for a minute,
picks the ball and throws down the wicket at the other end.
Umpire Alec Skelding looks very seriously at the four and calmly
informs them "One of you buggers is out. I don't know which. You decide
and inform the bloody scorers!".
