#cricket

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer. ↗

— Tony Greig

#different #different things #ever #how #i

But eventually it is a game of cricket. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#eventually #game

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't. ↗

— Shane Warne

#cricket #deception #spin-bowling #sport #art

I know. And I couldn't wait any longer, I have to tell you - " The panic rises, and I grip the French band tighter. "Cricket, please -" But his words pour forth in a torrent. "I can't stop thinking about you, and I'm not the guy I used to be, I've changed -" "Cricket -" I look back up, feeling faint. His blue eyes are bright. Sincere. Desperate. "Go out with me tonight. Tomorrow night, every ni -" The words cut off in his throat as he sees something behind me. Cigarettes and spearmint. I want to die. "This is Max. My boyfriend. Max, this is Cricket Bell. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#change

I thought back to all the times I’d slept with a girl and not thought twice about it and my gut ached. If a girl doesn’t safeguard herself, who will? I’d always had the mentality that men will change when women change but I never thought about how safeguarding the girls around me was just as much my responsibility as it was theirs. ↗

— Fisher Amelie

#cricket #greed #spencer #change

Golf is a game to be played between cricket and death. ↗

— Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie

#death #golf #sport #death

Thank you for helping my sister,” he says. I lean forward, mimicking his position. “I’m happy to.” Calliope leans out her window. “STOP FLIRTING AND GET BACK TO WORK. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#cricket #flirt #funny #lola #lola-and-the-boy-next-door

I do love cricket - it's so very English. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#english #i #i do #love #very

I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people. ↗

— Hansie Cronje

#great #great people #i #i love #interesting

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket. ↗

— Andy Pick

#chance #coach #cricket #cup #cup finals