Cricket Quote by Alec Douglas-Home Download Open image “Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.” — Alec Douglas-Home ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cricket Cricket funny Heaven Ifs Motivational sports Oh god Rain Sports
Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. — Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft Copy Share Image
The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Once I am out of the ground, I forget cricket or keep it away as far as possible, to lighten up. — Shahid Afridi Copy Share Image
May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it. — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
Dear, lovely game of cricket that can stir us so profoundly, that can lift up our hearts and break them. — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun. — Edmund Blunden Copy Share Image
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Raindrops from heaven would never wash away my tears neither the fire from hell would dry it it always waits for someone who can… — Appus Copy Share Image
Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable;… — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and… — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, But falls still further from its former shore. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the… — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
In summer, my Sundays are often taken up with cricket. I play with a bunch of other over-competitive and overenthusiastic guys who I have… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
Cricket, politics, and cinema is what a majority in our country are most passionate about. They have the power to divide the best of… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
I used to stay near Hazra Law College and play a lot of street cricket. — Priyanshu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
There is no reason why one should believe you should leave out politicians in cricket or any sport for that matter. There are ways… — Roosevelt Skerrit Copy Share Image
I began playing at the age of six, but at that point, I had little idea of cricket; forget the talent part. It's around… — Prithvi Shaw Copy Share Image
You always can improve and I think that's the beauty of international cricket, particularly test cricket, is playing all around the world against different… — Kane Williamson Copy Share Image
“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the star's blink,… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“The risk is, as ever, that the hyperbole of IPL will simply smother the cricket; perhaps the members of the IPL's cheer squad should… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to… — Nasser Hussain Copy Share Image
That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another — Fred Trueman Copy Share Image
