#cricket

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession. ↗

— Ian Botham

#being #chosen #clubs #cricket #crystal

Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch. ↗

— Peter Tork

#baseball #bat #coming #cricket #difficult

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#burnt #capable #cricket #french #had

Village cricket spread fast through the land. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#fast #land #spread #through #village

Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#cricket #days #great #plenty #spare

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#days #educated #far #more #now

It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#attend #best #cricket #day #exciting

I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#cricket #enjoyed #how #i #kent

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#believe #cricket #day #great #i

A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#before #breath #broke #cricket #had