Seven Hilarious Stories From The World Of Cricket

To win or lose is a part and parcel of the game. But cricket is plenty more than that. It is about keeping nerves when a player from the opposition sledges or trying to give him back verbally or with your cricketing prowess.

We bring to you a list of hilarious stories which broke out in the World of Cricket:

Allan Border vs Imran Khan

Two legends of the game. Competitive as well. But here is an incident that broke out between them during their playing days.

Imran Khan, the then captain of the Pakistan cricket team met his rival captain Allan Border, on a Sunday afternoon. During the chat, Imran Khan said, “AB, give me BS Chandrashekhar and Sunil Gavaskar from India and we will beat Australia”.

In a shocking response, which Imran Khan least anticipated, Allan Border said, “Imran Khan just give me two umpires from Australia and well will beat the whole world”.

Later, Border had to apologize to Imran, on being pressurized by his board for the inappropriate remark.

Steve Waugh gives back Parthiv Patel

Parthiv Patel has not been a regular for Team India across formats. But Steve Smith stands out to be an Australian legends. In fact, Waugh started playing much before Patel, and has several accolades to his name.

However, while Waugh was featuring in his last Test in Sydney, something untoward broke out. Patel, still a newbie in international cricket, sledged Waugh by saying “Come on Steve, just one more of your popular slog-sweeps before you quit”.

Waugh was in no mood to take the sledging lightly as he gave it back to him by saying, “Look buddy, show a bit of respect.. you were in nappies when I debuted eighteen years ago.”

Harold Larwood

Harold Larwood, a fast bowler, featured for England from 1924 to 1938. His bowling brilliance had often been a struggle for the opposition batsmen. During the infamous Adelaide Test series, Larwood was seen as a villain in the eyes of the Australian.

So much so, that during his visit to Adelaide theater, a small child was seen saying to her mother, “Mummy, he doesn’t looks like a murderer”.

Virender Sehwag vs Shoaib Akhtar

The India vs Pakistan clash has always been a red-hot rivalry. Players have often exchanged words during this particular contest where sledging is an usual affair.

In March 2004, when India toured Pakistan, Sehwag brought up his whirlwind knock of 309 runs in the first Test. Akhtar from the other end tried it all but could not contain Sehwag with his deliveries. As a result, Akhtar gestured Sehwag, to try and play the hook shot. In response, Sehwag, in an audible tone said, ““Tu bowling kar raha hai ya bheekh maang raha hai?”

Tom Goddard

Tom Goddard had a hilarious event to savour. In a match, the Gloucestershire bowler bowled a spell of 42 overs on a trot, all this under heat wave conditions. After all this, he finally complained by asking, “Why the hell! doesn’t the bloody bugger take me off?”. After all this, he realised the captain had walked off the field and him to lead the side for the time being.

Roy Parks and his wife

Roy Park and his wife were involved in a mind-boggling incident, hard to anticipate. Mrs. Park was present to watch the match and was seated with her knitting kit. Bringing the knitting kit to the match might be something she would regret for the rest of her life.

As Park walked out to bat, she dropped her ball of wool which she had dropped. She dusted it to get back up only to realise Mr. Park’s entire international career had ended.

The first English streaker

Streaker have caused usual stoppages in the game, in recent times. But it was in 1975, that the first English streaker made way in the ground. He was overexposed! “We’ve got a freaker! Not very shapely… and it’s masculine. And I would think it’s seen the last of its cricket for the day. The police are mustered; so are the cameramen and Greg Chappell. He is being embraced by a blonde policeman and this may be his last public appearance, but what a splendid one. He’s now being marched down in a final exhibition past at least eight thousand people in the Mound Stand, some of whom, perhaps, have never seen anything quite like this before,” John Arlott said from the commentary box.