Quotes of the week

Posted by Tony Hutton

After eleven days of cricket already this season, a rare blank day due to rain at Stamford Bridge got me thinking that we should have a quotes of the week column.

Here are just a few offerings for starters:-

From a spectator at Headingley after Anthony McGrath went to ground with a thud to prevent a boundary - 'They'll be 'avin earthquakes in Japan after that'.

Spectator at Stamford Bridge waiting for the rain to stop and surveying the Lancashire team sheet - 'It's all Greek to me' - having seen that number three batsman was listed as Andreas Agathagelou. He is in fact yet another South African.

From 'Stockport Geoff' (professional cricket watcher) having had five pounds reluctantly extracted from him to buy a copy of 'Two Men and a Blog' - 'I won't be able to eat today now'.

From Peter Davies - '£160 (membership subscription) is good value to watch Lancashire' !!!

From Chris Waters in the Yorkshire Post, after ten of the first seventeen wickets to fall at Headingley were given out lbw - 'Umpires Neil Mallender and Nigel Llong have appeared trigger happy at times, as though they have made alternative arrangements for Sunday afternoon'.