Batsmen Poems - Poems about Batsmen

...Cricket in the 70s was great When the future was up to a World Series fate And Rod Marsh was one of Kerry Packer’s men To get better paid was their demand When the Chappells, Doug Walters, Lenn......Read the rest...

...Life is not cricket: though a game of cricket reflects life It portrays real-life conditions; from cradle to urn Starting with toss of a coin; ends in pulling bails off Just as cricket life is s......Read the rest...

...Ball,Bat and wicket Three making thrill cricket Ballers,Batsmen and Umpires To differ to defend in all affairs Batsman to sweat more to shine Shining ball for the baller to shine Saliva a......Read the rest...

...UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like an isosceles triangl......Read the rest...

...Villanelle: Not the Mind nor Soul but the Body’s prowess Not the mind nor soul but the body’s prowess What stands out must crown man’s vanity made bold So what counts must make nations blazin......Read the rest...

...I lose my fingers keeping count the number of kids lost by murder count in the eastern districts media houses dread Patches of brown-black roofs on aerial view Aunt hills of buildings single room......Read the rest...

...Unquotable quotes – VI (Note : A good many of the « epigrams » in this sequence of quotes are a take off on other well-known short poems, proverbs, sayings or expressions faites, etc . The rest......Read the rest...

...Villanelle : The Cricketer’s Hakka : « How’s Zaat ! » Balls thud into pads bats gloves or whisk past batsmen At bowler’s end or square leg umpires stare stand « How’s Zaat ! » yell players ga......Read the rest...

...Unquotable quotes (More Cricketing Jargon) – IV A « wide » is a ball aimed by the bowler at some absent- minded fielder. The « silly-point » is the fielding position so close to the ......Read the rest...

... Unquotable quotes - III When in Rome, do as the Roman Nero. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the vain and the insane. A grenade a day keeps the refugee away. Cut your coat ......Read the rest...

... Unquotable quotes – II Spare the rod and knife the wife. Empty drums make the most deaf wise. Penny wise Pound English. The Polyester Stomper heals the vain woman’s heel. Eat what you ......Read the rest...

...The Little Master, Sachin Tendulkar At Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, The Little Master chose to say good-bye; His Rembrandtesque canvass hat shading eyes, He whispered thanks up to high-......Read the rest...