Best Cricket quotes ever

Though cricket is a gentlemans game and usually cricketers are a silent bunch or at least not as vocal as their Football counterparts, we have evidence to prove that even cricketers do not have thesharpest tools in the box. Sometimes, they have been witty, sometimesthey have been funny, other times, just silly. Heres a collection of some of the best things said about cricket or by cricketers. Feast your funny bone.

#10 Shekhar Naik

What the captain of India’s visually impaired team said was neither witty, nor stupid or not even funny but it reflected something wrong with the state of cricket in the country and the alocation of funds.“Yuvraj Singh got 14 crore in the IPL auction. We could conduct two World Cups with that money.“

#9 J.M. Barrie

The Scott was famous for writing Peter pan and was a reknowned writer but he enjoyed playing cricket more than anything else. He had something to say about his bowling skills-"I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back"

#8 Andy Atkinson

The ICC ground inspector was rather angry on seeing the pitch in bermuda. Here’s what he said about it:"It looks more suitable for growing carrots"

#7 Darren Sammy

The jovial and popular West Indian was not to impressed by Sri Lanks’s win over West Indies in the semi-finals and believed that there was some divine intervention. The match was interrupted by rain and storm and Sri Lanka won on D/L method.

“ I guess the Almighty wants them to leave on a high... Probably that's why God put a hand in this match.”

#6 Jonathan Agnew

The former English cricketer who’s now a broadcaster and a correspondent, had a really commendable sense of humour."Like an elephant trying to do the pole vault" - Jonathan Agnew as heavyweight Pakistan captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq falls over his own stumps"I've never got to the bottom of streaking"

#5 MS Dhoni

The India captain was so frustrated with his bowling attack of Chennai Super Kings in the 2014 IPL that he totally didn’t trust them even in the finals.“I had belief in my bowling that they will definitely let them score 200 runs.”

#4 Rafael Benitez

Though he’s a football manager, he said something interesting about Test cricket."How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days?"

#3 Trevor Bailey

This English legend had his moments. He never failed to think out loud. Only it didn’t turn out to be exactly pretty."The first time you face up to a googly you're going to be in trouble if you've never faced one before""There are good one-day players, there are good Test players and vice versa""I don't think he expected it, and that's what caught him unaware""Lloyd did what he achieved with that shot""The Port Elizabeth ground is more of a circle than an oval. It is long and square"

#2 Richie Benaud

He’s been more confusing than funny. In his legendary careey, he had said some legendary things which a team of scientists in a remote base in Antarctica are trying to decipher. Until they report, you better see it yourself:

“His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going""I think the batsman's strategy will be to make runs and not get out""This shirt is unique: there are only 200 of them""There were congratulations and high sixes all round""That slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was travelling"

#1 Ian Botham

The funniest of the lot has to be Botham. He’s been found guilty of making us laugh on multiple occasions. Sample these:"I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies""It couldn't have been Gatt. Anything he takes up to his room after nine o'clock, he eats" - Ian Botham on the Mike Gatting scandal with barmaid."This can only help England's cause" - Ian Botham on hearing that Geoffrey Boycott is to coach the Pakistan batsmen before their 2001 tour of England"A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos" - Ian Botham, 2005"If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries"