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Cricket history in quotes, part 39: “A draw would have been something of an...

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series…… Complete quote: “A draw would have been something of an anti-climax...

Cricket history in quotes, part 38: “Lord’s and its traditions belong to Australia just...

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series…… Complete quote: “Australians will always fight for those twenty-two yards. Lord’s...
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Cricket history in quotes, part 37: “I never understood reasons for having Hindu, Parsi,...

Complete quote: “I would like the public of Bombay to revise their sporting code and erase from its communal matches. I can understand matches between colleges and institutions but I never understood reasons for having Hindu, Parsi, Muslim and...
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Cricket history in quotes, part 35: “It is a very happy thing to be...

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series…… Complete quote: “Test cricket was the delight of viewers. It is...
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Cricket history in quotes, part 34: “Chester was the greatest of all umpires”

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series…… Complete quote: “The ball turned from the off, very faintly touched...
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Cricket history in quotes, part 33: “… or shall have been pitched on the...

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series…… Complete quote (law 24, 1937): “Or, if with any part of...
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Cricket history in quotes, part 32: “But you can’t go on bowling like that...

Abhishek Mukherjee, cricketsoccer’s prolific writer, brings to you the words, verbal or written, almost never intended to be pathbreaking quotes in the history of cricket in this fascinating series……. Complete quote: I gave him a full toss and a couple...

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