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Stumped!: The Worlds Funniest Cricket Quotes by Charlie Croker (Hardcover, 2008)

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Product details. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1906051020. ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 190605102X.

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A great deal of credit must go to cricket radio announcers. Whilst most sports commentators have at best a couple of hours to fill, cricket announcers have up to eight hours to spend keeping us informed and entertained. It is no wonder that they come out with the occasional howler or downright gaffe. The master of these was, of course, Brian Johnston.In one famous incident during a Test match at the Oval, Jonathan Agnew suggested that Ian Botham was out because he had failed to 'get his leg over'. Johnston carried on commentating (and giggling) for 30 seconds before finally dissolving into helpless laughter. All over Britain drivers listening to Test Match Special were forced to pull over as this incident made it practically impossible to drive safely.Among Johnston's other gaffes was, 'There's Neil Harvey standing at leg slip with his legs wide apart, waiting for a tickle' - when Neil Harvey was representing Australia at the Headingley Test in 1961. The oft-cited quote - 'The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey' - allegedly occurred when Michael Holding of the West Indies was bowling to Peter Willey of England in a Test match at the Oval in 1976.This book is packed with funny cricket quotes dedicated to cricket people the world over. It's a sport that doesn't take itself too seriously and is all the better for that.