#cricket

There's something about blue eyes. The kind of blue that startles you every time they're lifted in your direction. The kind of blue that makes you ache for them to look at you again. Not the blue green or blue gray, the blue that's just blue. Cricket has those eyes. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#french

He glances down and notices that I'm still wearing a certain blue something, and, this time, it's HIS index finger that wraps underneath MY rubber band. I shiver wonderfully. "I'm never taking it off." Cricket brushes the delicate skin of my wrist. "It'll fall off." "I'll ask you for another one." "I'll give you another one." He smiles and touches his nose to mine. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#lola #rubber-bands #french

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

— Sarah Bernhardt

#english #i #i do #love #very

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#cricket #field #first #i #introduced

I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough. ↗

— Shane Warne

#cricket #enough #good #i #once

If you ask anyone around the cricket grounds, they will say I always sign loads of autographs and thank the ladies for lunch and try to behave in the right way. ↗

— Shane Warne

#anyone #around #ask #autographs #behave

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know? ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#australian #cricket #getting #grew #i

And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test? ↗

— Thierry Henry

#days #follow #four #game #how

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

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well. ↗

— Matthew Hayden

#another #cricket #cup #game #go