Some great cricketing quotes

[ManWithNoName]

From Cricinfos "Quote...Unquote" section:

"The entire notion of 'fusion' cooking belongs to that category of things - along with the England Test bowler Matthew Hoggard, and digital radio - that at first appear a complete waste of space, but gradually prove themselves a useful addition to human existence."
Matthew Norman, writing in the Sunday Telegraph magazine, offers an interesting critique of a London restaurant

"If Muttiah Muralitharan can be allowed to bowl, nobody under the sun should be stopped from bowling for suspect action."
Former Indian offspinner Rajesh Chauhan says the ICC treated Harbhajan Singh unfairly

"Even my mother can lead this Australian side."
Chris Cairns's response when asked to compare the sides led by Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh

"Chris Cairns's mother is probably a very good cricketer."
Brett Lee comments on Chris Cairns's statement about how even his mother could lead this great Australian side

[Bomber Spirit]

Peter Willey faced up to the bowling of Michael Holding, and BBC radio's Brian Johnstone let fly with:
"The bowler's Holding the batsman's Willey.":p :p

[Syd Kennets]

Hahahahaha.

[Bentleigh]

Healy to Ranatunga - "you dont get a runner for being a fat cnut"

[toina]

Healy to Ranatunga - "you dont get a runner for being a fat cnut"
And the one about nasser hussain and the size of his nose. It went along the lines of warney saying put someone under his nose. And Healy telling some to get out on the boundary.
And another one from healy was with ranatunga abd warney bowling. He said Warney, we need to get him out of his crease. Booney, put a Mars Bar a few metres down the wicket.

[teams]

Whether fact or fiction John Arlott about NZ fast bowler Bob Cunis a few decades ago. "in comes Cunis and bowls a ball a bit like his name, not one thing or the other".

[golions]

And the one about nasser hussain and the size of his nose. It went along the lines of warney saying put someone under his nose. And Healy telling some to get out on the boundary.
And another one from healy was with ranatunga abd warney bowling. He said Warney, we need to get him out of his crease. Booney, put a Mars Bar a few metres down the wicket.

pretty sure it was Healy saying to put a Mars Bar ona good length and the batsman responding by saying "Nah, Booney'd beat me to it" :D

[Ljp86]

More Quotes from www.cricinfo.com

"I definitely believe if any of our batsmen get out to Giles in the Tests they should go and hang themselves. But I'm confident that won't happen.".Terry Alderman, the former Australian swing bowler, states quite unequivocally what he thinks of Ashley Giles the spinner

"Yes, Freddie's got a big wrist. He's got a big everything ...". . Michael Vaughan laughs off speculation about Andrew Flintoff's bowling action.

'I'm usually at my best when I'm not thinking about scoring.". Adam Gilchrist explains the reason for his dominance in both forms of the game.

"We've known for a couple of years that he is quite old, so that doesn't change a lot there." . Michael Vaughan explains that Graham Thorpe's news about heading to Australia has not come as a huge surprise.

"You have to be an athlete to be a cricketer. Boonie's record is pretty safe.".Michael Clarke explains why David Boon's drinking record on a flight to England won't be under threat from this Australian touring party.

'Imagine if you got him on a triple word score in Scrabble." . David Lloyd gives his view on the generous offerings from the Bangladesh attack at Chester-le-Street.