A couple of cricket jokes !!
raj...@ecs.umass.edu
I guess only cricket followers will get the following jokes because
they relate to terms used in field-positions in the game of cricket...
Q 1. What is the similarity between a man and cricket ?
A 1. Between two "long legs" there's a "short leg"
Q 2. What is the similarity between a woman and cricket ?
A 2. Between two "fine legs" there's a "deep gulley"
-- Any more jokes ??
Rajat.
Shirdi R. Prem
>
>I guess only cricket followers will get the following jokes because
>they relate to terms used in field-positions in the game of cricket...
>
> Q 1. What is the similarity between a man and cricket ?
> A 1. Between two "long legs" there's a "short leg"
Wrong!! There is only one long-leg position.
> Q 2. What is the similarity between a woman and cricket ?
> A 2. Between two "fine legs" there's a "deep gulley"
Wrong again!! There is only one fin~-leg position.
Ob-Cricket Joke:
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If you want a real cricket joke, this is a line from
an actual test-match commentary :
"As Holding starts his run-up to the crease, we see
Jeff Dujon standing a long way behind the stumps,
legs spread wide, waiting for a trickle.........!!"
Prem!
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Bhima Nitta
>In article <18645.2...@ecs.umass.edu> raj...@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>>
>>I guess only cricket followers will get the following jokes because
>>they relate to terms used in field-positions in the game of cricket...
>>
>> Q 1. What is the similarity between a man and cricket ?
>> A 1. Between two "long legs" there's a "short leg"
>
> Wrong!! There is only one long-leg position.
>
>> Q 2. What is the similarity between a woman and cricket ?
>> A 2. Between two "fine legs" there's a "deep gulley"
>
> Wrong again!! There is only one fin~-leg position.
>
> Ob-Cricket Joke:
> ================
> If you want a real cricket joke, this is a line from
> an actual test-match commentary :
> "As Holding starts his run-up to the crease, we see
> Jeff Dujon standing a long way behind the stumps,
> legs spread wide, waiting for a trickle.........!!"
Wrong again again !!! It's actually "Tony Greig, in the slips, legs
apart, waiting for a tickle."
>
> Prem!
Bhima <nit...@rpi.edu>
Oke S
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| If you want a real cricket joke, this is a line from
| an actual test-match commentary :
| "As Holding starts his run-up to the crease, we see
| Jeff Dujon standing a long way behind the stumps,
| legs spread wide, waiting for a trickle.........!!"
My favourites:
'The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey'
'Botham didn't quite get his leg over'
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John Hurst
> If you want a real cricket joke, this is a line from
> an actual test-match commentary :
> "As Holding starts his run-up to the crease, we see
> Jeff Dujon standing a long way behind the stumps,
> legs spread wide, waiting for a trickle.........!!"
! I think you meant "tickle"!
I'm not saying you didn't actually hear that line, but the original was
from the 1957 English Tour of Australia, when Arlott, in his very proper
English voice, was giving a word-picture of the Australian field settings.
He said, and I quote from memory, "there's Harvey, at third slip, legs apart,
waiting for a tickle ..." Nothing was said for a good few seconds after
that (but some say you could hear the other commentators suppressing a giggle),
then Jack Fingleton said "I beg your pardon, John?", whereupon the other
commentators couldn't restrain themselves any more!
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