Re: Funny Quotes
Allan Lanb:
"Malcolm Marshall was running in, and I was all ready for him, when he stooped just at the popping crease and said to the umpire: 'Umpie, man, the ball still has Gatting's nose stuck in it.' [Mike Gatting had just been carried off the field after being hit by a Marshall bouncer on the face].
"I faced my first ball, and hit a cover drive. Not bad, I thought. Then I heard Viv Richards call from the slips, 'Maco, no more drive balls.'
"The next ball, what they call the 'smell the leather' ball went past me. The one after that, I saw the label on the ball -- Dukes made in England. Again Richards called from the slips, 'Maco, bowl him a serious ball''. If this wasn't serious, I really feared my life.
"I stopped and asked Viv what a serious ball was.
'Lambie, you don't want to know that.'
'No, please, Viv tell me what it is.'
'Okay Lambie. A serious ball is the 'eat the leather' ball.'
"Malcolm Marshall ran in, I played forward and the ball crashed onto my pad. I didn't wait for the umpire and just started walking off. When I was gone 20 yards or so, Viv called to me and said, 'Hey Lambie, the umpie gave you not out man.'
"That was one moment in my life when I had gone completely deaf."