A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick
We take life too lightly and sport too seriously.
Umpire Harold Bird, having a wonderful time, signalling everything in the world, including stopping traffic coming on from behind.
It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.
Wine is a successful effort to translate the perishable into the permanent.
Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished.