Nobody’s perfect, you know what happened to the last man who was, they crucified him. – Geoff Boycott
Geoffrey is the only fellow I’ve met who fell in love with himself at a young age and has remained faithful ever since – Dennis Lillee
Have nothing to do with coaches. In fact, if you see one coming, go and hide behind the pavilion until he goes away – Bill O’Reilly
Cowans should remember what happened to Graham Dilley, who started out as a genuinely quick bowler. They started stuffing ‘line and length’ into his ear and now he has Dennis Lillee’s action with Denis Thatcher’s pace – Geoff Boycott
We don’t play this game for fun – Wilfred Rhodes
We didn’t have any metaphors in my day, we didn’t beat about the bush – Fred Trueman
The slow motion replay doesn’t show how fast that ball was – Richie Benaud
The Queens Park Oval, exactly as the name suggests, absolutely round. – Tony Cozier
Welcome to Worcester where we’ve just seen Barry Richards hit one of Basil D’Oliveira’s balls clean out of the ground – Brian Johnston.
Eric Morecambe to Dennis Lillee – Are you aware, Sir, that the last time I saw anything like that on a top lip, the whole herd had to be put down.
So, how’s your wife and my kids? – Rod Marsh (to Botham)
You can’t have 11 Darren Gough’s in your side – it would drive you nuts. It would be like having 11 Phil Tufnells – Darren Gough
Merv Hughes 5[SUP]th[/SUP] form geography report;
When Merv leaves school he is going to have to be very good at cricket and football.
I’d have looked even faster in colour – Fred Trueman
I can’t really say I’m batting badly. I’m not batting long enough to be batting badly – Greg Chappell
Cricket civilises people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe. I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen – Robert Mugabe
There were congratulations and high sixes all round – Richie Benaud
Neil Harvey’s at slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle – Brian Johnston
What a magnificent shot. No, he’s out – Tony Greig