Quotes of the Season  2007

A) Gavin Moar: (speaking about Saj Ali – who just took five wickets) He only got 5 wickets because I took out the middle order so he could get at the tail. 
B) Sam Mordecai: I'm the only illiterate who's learning how to do the scorebook. 
C) Steve Day: (Mal, umpiring, gets hit in the back by a fierce Day pull-shot) It's unusual for an American to be a victim of friendly fire.
D) Gary Warner: Tom – how many runs did you get? Tom Knight: 16. Gary: You always get 16!” Tom: That's funny, I got 12 last week.
E) Alec Toll: Did you read that they think Bob Woolmer was killed after being injected with snake venom?
Steve Day: Yeah, and I was really ill after several Snakebites recently.
F) Alec Toll: I begrudge people taking singles to me.
G) Gavin Moar (out for a duck): I would have got more runs if I had used my big bat.
H) Tom Knight: I'm giving up drinking because I talk just as much s*** when I'm sober.
I) Mal: I don't think it's a good idea to let Teresa play for Belton. (Teresa, who plays for the Police Ladies, takes a good diving catch at square leg)
J) Mark Jackson (in the rain at Walmer Road): My jumper has shrunk.
Tom Knight: Strange – the sleeves are the same length.

Tour Quotes
Regarding Hotels
K) Tom Knight: Beans – cold: eggs – cold: sausages ****: but the tomatoes are hot. Enjoy your breakfast. 
L) Chris Ashling: I'm sure a homeless person wouldn't have slept in my bed – he-d have found it too uncomfortable. 
M) Steve Day: When I was trying to lock my door a funny looking guy went by – so I gave him my “death stare”.
N) Chris Ashling: I thought Dad had died in the night – because he wasn't snoring. 
O) Steve Day: I was going to trash my room before I left, but I was afraid I'd be done for “breaking and decorating”. 
P) Bob (Belton, Leicestershire: – speaking to Mal who was extolling the magic of being retired) With all the time you've got being retired, you'd think you could organise the tour accommodation. 

Non-Hotel Quotations 

Q) Steve Parr: I wish my missus had a mute one. 
K) Mal Kauffman: I don't understand how the English ever invented cricket. Twenty-two men standing around in a field while the rain comes lashing down. 
Steve Day: I expect it kept them away from the sheep. 
L) Bob (Belton, Leicestershire): We had a match a few weeks ago with two masseurs.

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