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> Cricket commentators...punctuate cliches with
> appropriate names, and lo-and-behold, have a running commentary...
> "Another coat of varnish and he would have been out".

One of my favourites:

"That was a fine agricultural stroke" (Bob Willis).

Not exactly a cliche', but surely the classic accidental-on-purpose faux pas:

"The batsman's Holding; the bowler's Willey"

Attributed to the amazin' CMJ (perhaps).

Martyn

by **Salman Azh** » Sun, 06 May 1990 14:48:58

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> "The batsman's Holding; the bowler's Willey"

In Ashes [around 1979] reading the scoreboard, John Arlott

"Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley. Is this cricket or
poetry"

Salman [composing] Azhar

"For verily God does not change the state of a people
unless they themselves change"

by **Bal Pras** » Sun, 06 May 1990 15:20:37

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> Cricket commentators...punctuate cliches with

This one is not a cliche by any stretch of imagination, but once a
WI commentator described a Viv Richards shot as " a DEFENSIVE shot for SIX".

God knows where the ball would have landed had it been an attacking shot!
Sorry, I don't remember the details of the match except that it was played
in the WI and was a first class match.

Prasad.

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by **Fragano Ledgist** » Mon, 07 May 1990 07:33:23

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>Not exactly a cliche', but surely the classic accidental-on-purpose faux pas:

> "The batsman's Holding; the bowler's Willey"

>Attributed to the amazin' CMJ (perhaps).

>Martyn

According to Martin-Jenkins, he was heard to say 'The bowler's
Holding; the batsman's Willey', which makes slightly better
cricketing sense.
.s

Fragano

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by **Anthony Wall** » Tue, 08 May 1990 14:52:11

Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland) says:

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>One of my favourites:

> "That was a fine agricultural stroke" (Bob Willis).

The long serving Australian Prime Minister Robert "pig iron bob"
Menzies was a great cricket fan. Someone once commented to him after
Bradman (?) pulled yet another shot to the mid-wicket boundary:

"that was a real agricultural stroke"
Menzies replied, "Yes, but it was certainly fruitful."

Bar-Ilan University
Israel.

by **Zia Zaf** » Wed, 09 May 1990 02:28:49

I need some information about using satellite dish
to watch cricket matches in US

by **Mike Northam ext 26** » Fri, 11 May 1990 00:58:41

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| I need some information about using satellite dish
| to watch cricket matches in US

As I mentioned in a previous posting, cricket is sometimes available on
satellite (I've only seen live feeds from one ex-Commonwealth country to
another). For example, the recent matches in the West Indies (vs.
England) were fed back to the U.K. for Sky Channel. These feeds were on
Westar IV, usually transponder 16. I haven't seen any cricket on
satellite since these matches.

A year or so ago, I saw cricket being beamed to Australia, I think on
Satcom F1 (the details are hazy in my mind). I guess the bottom line is
that cricket is available via satellite, but very infrequently. Of
course, if I knew the schedules of international matches (or other
matches likely to be televised), I could be on the lookout and post the
details.

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by **Vallury Prabhak** » Tue, 22 May 1990 03:41:29

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> "Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley. Is this cricket or
>poetry"

Another one that probably hit the airwave quite often:

"Caught Knott, bowled Old"

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by **Ashok Ing** » Wed, 23 May 1990 01:11:19

Some years ago, in a Test in England, Alan Knott was batting with 1
run to his credit, and Knight (don't remember the first name, he was
an allrounder, bowling decent medium pace) had just come in. The
commentator had first a difficult time and then some fun with

"Knight is naught and Knott is one ..."

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