I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional.

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In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5...

In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5...

Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I...

Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I...

Cricket was my reason for living.

Cricket was my reason for living.

When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness...

When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness...

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures

Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat...

Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video...

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video...

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to...

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to...

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a...

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a...

The best way to get away from a crisis and yet hold on the reins...

The best way to get away from a crisis and yet hold on the reins...

Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure...

Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure...

I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a...

I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a...

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be...

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be...

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at...

Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at...