The Funniest Cricket Quotes: Humorous Quotations For All Sports Fans (Funniest Sports Quotes)

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In 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******”. Trevor Bailey was a long-time colleague of Brian Johnston’s at Radio 3’s Test Match Special and this is one of many memorable lines. John Snagge I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide" - Lewis Carroll First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.

I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly" - Greg Chappell This has been said to many fielders and we’ve all probably been on the wrong end of this sledge. There are conflicting stories as to where this originates from but it must be one of the oldest of its kind. 40. “Does anyone else feel that breeze?” 41. “I’ve seen a better batter at my local Fish & Chips” 42. “Take the keys off him he can’t drive” 43. “Didn’t know Gray Nics made fishing poles” 44. “You’ve lost it mentally. You’re still the same” Man it don’t matter where you come in, the score is still zero!” 14. “Did I give you any good advice?”

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. 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 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 This sledge recalls a conversation between Merv Hughes and Ian Botham. As a youngster, Hughes had asked Botham for some advice and he suggested that the Australian might want to take up tennis. When Justin Langer played the first Ashes at Edgbaston, he arrived at the crease as the 12th man. The batsman was Nasser Hussain to whom Langer said a couple of things that might have come off as rude. Hussain replied the following:

Michael Vaughan and Andrew [Freddie] Flintoff, now elderly, 85 and 82 years old, are sitting on a park bench outside Lord's

The anecdote says that when the Australia team stayed in Lumley Castle in Durham, it was rumoured that there’s a ghost haunting the place. By the time they went to bed, Shane Watson got so spooked, that in the end, he spent the night sleeping on the floor in Brett Lee’s room. 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. John Arlott wasn’t quite up to speed with modern terminology as a streaker ran onto the pitch at Lord’s in 1975. Ted Dexter 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.”