just came across this ..... and thought of sharing ...... ROTFL (Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by Harold "Dickie" Bird) "Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES' for a run, it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally, Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time." Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an equally horrendous runner as the No.10. During a county match, horror of horrors.......both got injured. *Both* opted for runners when it was their turn to bat. Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run, forgot he had a runner and ran himself. Ditto at the other end. In the melee, someone decided that a second run was on. Now we had *all four* running. Due to the confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO", eventually, *all* of them ran to the same end. Note - at this point in time, the entire ground is rolling on the floor laughing their behinds out. One of the fielders - brave lad - stops laughing for a minute, picks the ball and throws down the wicket at the other end. Umpire Alec Skelding looks very seriously at the four and calmly informs them "One of you buggers is out. I don't know which. *You* decide and inform the bloody scorers!".
Then there's this wicketkeeper who quitely asked the new batsman:"So how's your wife, and my kids?" Guess who.........Rod Marsh....to Ian Botham!! >> Botham replied, my wife is fine and your kids are retarded.
...I have not much interest in cricket..But i really like to see the face of the INdian captian..i.e. sourav ganguly..When shohaib is in the other end..and ganguly batting..:
Another interesting display of wit. Eddo Brandes of Zimbabwe was facing a Glenn McGrath at his peak....naturally nudging at the ball and missing it and in the process frustrating McGrath and the Aussies. Finally, McGrath could take it no more and resorted to sledging. He yelled "Oi, Brandes! Why are you so fat" ? (He was rather stocky) The immediate reply by Brandes was "Because your wife gives me a biscuit every time I sleep with her". Play was interrupted for at least a couple of minutes because the slip fielders could not help rolling on the field in laughter.
ok this happened recently indo-pak test series when a lady from the stands showed a msg proposing zaheer khan and zaheer gave her a flying kiss. that was hillarious.. al the players indian and pakistanis were ltao.. also once harbhajan was doin wierd things on the field at around 12 noon.. : he was shown doin summersalt for no reason watsoever...
yet another one ........... Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game. Viv missed a superb outswinger, and Thomas said "It's red, round and weighs about 5 1/2 ounces." Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and replies,"Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!"
@daffodil - that joke of yours was already heard of!anywayz..nice to hea it again:........btw..so sad that u cant change your avatar due to your id!:
not a true incident, but i wish it were.... Most cricketers, who are not comfortable in conversing in English, go prepared for some standard questions that are asked from them when commentators chat with them during the awards ceremony. Inzamam was once asked a different question after Pakistan won the match, for which he was not prepared. He always had a standard response to the first question. But this time..... Tony Greig: So Inzi, that's fantastic, your wife is pregnant for the second time! Inzamam: All credit goes to the boys. Everyone work hard for it,especially Afridi. It was tight situation when he went in. Without his strokes it not have been possible. He was pulling the good balls. Also BobWoolmer keeping close watch on progress and giving instructions. It's all team effort which pulled us out of big hole. Insha Allah, we all will work together as team, put in big effort and deliver good result all the time.
