Cricket Aficionado Gifts

'You slips have been watching football again.'

'How many seasons in a year?'

Damp cricket crease

'He only became an umpire to hide his bald spot and his beer gut!'

'Recommended reading' selection of books e.g.'Team spirit, by Geoffrey Boycott'

Cricket Bat with Cricket Ball hole in it.

Cricketer

"No, I haven't seen the dog bowl but he made a great catch yesterday!"

The full dress uniform of a cricket supporter - Australian

'I see the SAGA talent scouts are here.'

'Wake-up dear...There's an add break...That'll put some excitement into watching the cricket.'

An English Summer

'Sounds like another unfair dismissal,'

Confronting the burglars.

"We don't know. The camera was focused on a girl."

Cricket supporter on a desert island

"...now it's time for a round up of our national sports - soccer, cricket, and knocking the BBC...."

'Oh - Oh, looks like the flipper.'

Umpire Gridgely's habit of embellishing his decisions with Shakespearean quotes was starting to annoy the players.

Parson asking a professional player about cricketing terminology.

'What part of a match do you enjoy the most?' 'Oh, this part - the promenade!'

"Portrait of a Lady"

Oscar would laugh whenever he recalled his empty existence before golf.

'Of course I'm on the pull - I'm a cricketer.'

"Good game, good game, nice game, namaste, good game, nice game ..."

Alternative fielding positions

'Fancy a game of five-a-side, boys?'

The obstetrician doesn't need a close catcher...

Cricket Accidents.

'The 'Leviathan Bat,' or many centuried marvel of the modern (cricket) world. (Dr. William Gilbert Grace.)'

The University Cricket Match - a sketch at Lord's.

'When I'm not thinking about me, the Giants, the Knicks or the Yankees, I'm thinking about us.'

'He's got classic form, but if he doesn't improve his grades he won't get into college. He doesn't think.'

'...I don't like your chances!'

'Remember last Saturday. . . you were bold that day. No dear, caught.'