Yorkshire were 232 all out, Hutton ill. No, I’m sorry, Hutton 111.

John Snagge

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One day cricket is an exhibition. Test cricket is an examination.

Henry Blofeld

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Life without sports is like life without underpants.

Billy Bowden

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As he comes into bowl, Freddie Titmus has got two short legs, one of them square

Brian Johnston

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Cricket is battle and service and sport and art.

Douglas Jardine

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Mate, if you just turn the bat over, you’ll find instructions on the other side

Merv Hughes

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The only change England would propose might be to replace Derek Pringle, who remains troubled by no balls.

The Times

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Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished.

John Arlott

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It’s a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it’s when you discover that your wife left you in May.

Denis Norden

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I don’t like defensive shots – you can only get threes.

WG Grace

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I’m a big believer that the coach is something you travel in to get to and from the game.

Shanes Warne

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The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey.

Brian Johnston

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A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself.

Neville Cardus

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He’s usually a good puller – but he couldn’t get it up that time.

Richie Benaud

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We have had exceptionally wet weather er in Derby – everywhere in the county is in the same boat.

Tom Sears

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The other advantage England have got when Phil Tufnell is bowling is that he isn’t fielding.

Ian Chappell

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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

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A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick.

John Arlott

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I never got to the bottom of streaking.

Jonathan Agnew

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His throw went absolutely nowhere where it was going

Richie Benaud

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Neil Harvey’s at slip, with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle

Brian Johnston

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Shane Warne’s idea of a balanced diet is a cheeseburger in each hand.

Ian Healy

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What a magnificent shot! No, he’s out.

Tony Greig

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

Alec Douglas-Home

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The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

Richie Benaud

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How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days?

Rafa Benitez

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Strangely, in slow motion reply, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.

David Acfield

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If this bloke’s a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine

David Lloyd

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He played a cut so late as to be positively posthumous.

John Arlott

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I bowl so slowly that if I don’t like a ball I can run after it and bring it back.

J.M. Barrie

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It’s a perfect day here in Australia, glorious blue sunshine.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

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I think the batsman’s strategy will be to make runs and not get out.

Riche Benaud

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If the tension here was a block of Cheddar cheese, you could cut it with a knife.

Henry Blofeld

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Welcome to Leicester where the captain Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the Pavilion End

Brian Johnston

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