Say again? — cricket quotes

17 February 2003
“And there's the George Headly stand, named after George Headly.” – Trevor Quirk

“That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.” – Fred Trueman

“For any budding cricketers listening, do you have any superstitious routines before an innings, like putting one pad on first and then the other?” – Tony Lewis

“It's a catch he would have caught 99 times out of 1 000.” – Henry Blofeld

“It was a good tour to break my teeth in.” – Bernard Thomas

“That slow motion replay won't show how fast the ball was travelling.” – Richie Benaud

“That's what cricket is all about. Two batsmen pitting their wits against one another.” – Fred Trueman

“So that's 57 runs needed by Hampshire in 11 overs and it doesn't need a calculator to tell you that the run rate is 5.1818.” – Norman de Mesquita

“And Ian Greig's on eight, including two fours.” – Jim Laker

“An interesting morning, full of interest.” – Jim Laker

“And a sedentary seagull flies by.” – Brian Johnson

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