Time Pass: Funny, Humorous and Good Things

 Sunil Gavaskar recently went on an Australia tour where he was invited for the screening of an Australian movie named "Gavaskar" He was overjoyed, humbly accepted the invitation and went for the screening. After sitting through the full movie, he realized it was nowhere related to Sunil Gavaskar or even to the game of Cricket! Out of fury, he questioned the director "Are you out of your mind? Why did you name this movie Gavaskar, and made no mention of me or Cricket in the whole movie?" The director replied - "So Mr. Gavaskar, now you know, how we Australians felt when you Indians made a movie named BORDER and there was no mention of Alan Border and cricket in it???" Gavaskar fainted..

Sachin can play leg glance with a walking stick too- Waqar Younis “Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.” — A placard at the Sydney Cricket Ground “Don’t bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours.” — Michael Kasprowicz Nothing bad can happen to us if we’re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world.” — Allan Donald “If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” — Dennis Lillee. On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt at one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing a century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This genius can stop time in India!” — Peter Roebuck “We did not...

HUMOR — Barney Corkhill's Great Quotes series moves on from baseball to cricket. In this series I look at a selection of the very best quotes to ever grace various sports. The quotes aren't just from players, coaches and commentators, but anyone who has ever said a good quote to do with the chosen sport! Some are intentional, some aren't, I'll leave you to make your own mind up! So, without further adieu, lets look at the first 20 great quotes from Cricket! Enjoy! "A very small crowd here today. I can count the people on one hand. Can't be more than 30" - Michael Abrahamson "Strangely, in slow motion, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer" - David Acfield "Like an elephant trying to do the pole vault" - Jonathan Agnew as heavyweight Pakistan captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq falls over his own stumps "Botham just couldn't quite get his leg over" - Jonathan Agnew as Ian Botham tries in vain to lift his leg o...