Home / Topics / Cricket Match Quotes

Cricket Match Quotes

Browse 8 quotes about Cricket Match.

Cricket Match Quotes

“He was by no means opposed to hard labour on principle, for he would work away at a cricket-match by the day together, - running, and catching, and batting, and bowling, and revelling in toil which would exhaust a galley-slave.”

Mean Hard Running Funny Together Principles Humorous Slave Labour Toil Cricket Catching Bowling Batting Cricket Match

Book:Bentley's Miscellany

Source: Bentley's Miscellany

“One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.”

Kids School Next Fun Sports Hours Fans Dad Tests Lifetime My Dad Massive Afternoon Next Day Cricket Sydney Once In A Lifetime Melbourne Sports Fan Cricket Match Skipping School

Author:Hugh Jackman

“Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.”

Games India Pressure Entrepreneur Pakistan Cricket Cricketers Cricket Funny India Pakistan Cricket Match

Author:Imran Khan

“Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.”

Thinking Life Is Games Sports Motivational Sports Cricket Life Is A Game Cricket Match

Author:George Mikes

“Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an example to his young charges. We are playing the most artistic and beautiful game ever devised. Of course I'll cunting well cheat. Now, give me my robe and put on my crown. I have immortal longings in me.”

Giving Wells School Beautiful Young Courses Games Heaven Example Give Me Longing Setting Settings Artistic Immortal Crowns Cheat Cricket Englishmen Robes Preps Setting An Example Cricket Match

Book:The Liar

Source: The Liar

“Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.’ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.”

People Needs Humans May Littles Made Interest Five Scientist Characteristics Professors Annoying Cricket Basics Annoying People Taurus Cricket Match

Book:The Rosie Project: A Novel

Source: The Rosie Project: A Novel

“Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.”

People Want Play Nations Sports Gentleman Cricket Zimbabwe Cricketers Playing Cricket Cricket Funny Cricket Match

Author:Robert Mugabe

“He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.”

Struggle Summer Enthusiasm Lazy Afternoon Fierce Cricket Cricket Match

Author:Aneurin Bevan