Bats Quote by D. H. Lawrence

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say…

— Nasser Hussain

“The two men gave not a chance, and they were still there at lunch. In two-and-a-half hours, on the stickiest pitch umpire Chester ever…

— Stephen Chalke

The sun was set; the night came on apace, And falling dews bewet around the place; The bat takes airy rounds on leathern wings,…

— John Gay

The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest.

— John Arlott

“At such moments it was the thought of the security offered by a regular even though an unpleasant life, the spirit which dooms the…

— Felice Benuzzi

My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.

— Andrew Flintoff

You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it…

— Brett Lee

“In the soft grey silence he could hear the bump of the balls: and from here and from there through the quiet air the…

— James Joyce

“At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all, seeing what they sensed all day…”

— Anne Sexton

“Clusters of bats hung like bunches of withered grapes from the roof and when, from time to time, either Kerim's head or Bond's brushed…

— Ian Fleming

“Hobbs and Sutcliffe. More than any other players in those years they raised the status of the professional cricketer.”

— Stephen Chalke

I still don't know why batsmen are taking so much time to figure me out.

— Dale Steyn