In a county match a young bowler was hit for 3 sixes and 3 fours in one over. The poor fellow was crestfallen and trying to avoid the Captain at the end of the over. The Captain still found some encouraging words 'Good job son, you had the batsman in two minds' !!
This incident is from the sixties (much before 3rd Umpires). England was playing a Test Series in West Indies. The match was in a tense situation with West Indies batting. England appealed for an obvious run out decision, but the West Indian umpire Douglous Sang Hue turned it down to the absolute frustration of English players. The England captain (I think it was Colin Cowdrey) protested with Sang Hue 'Even a blind man can see that, why didn't you give that'.
Sang Hue replied calmly 'Mr Cowdrey, I can clearly see he is out, but I can't give that. Dear Sir, You will go back to England, I have to spend the rest of my life on this Island'. !!
On umpires.........till neutral umpiring came along Pakistani umpires were notorious for being very 'patriotic'. There is some stats that in his career of nearly 20 years Javed Miandad was never given LBW in a test in Pakistan ! In the sixties or seventies England was touring Pakistan. They were particularly miffed by one of the local umpires. One day they found that he was staying in the same hotel. In the night while he was asleep they wrapped him in his 'kambal' (duvet) and threw the poor fellow in the hotel swimming pool.........
Then there are these stories......maybe a bit exaggerated......
England was on tour to India in 1972. Tony Greig (who sadly passed away recently) was part of the team. Now Tony Greig was 6' 8" tall. In one of the side matches the English team was put up in a Circiut house. The room Greig got was so small that while sleeping part of his feet were hanging out of the window. when he woke up in the morning his feet were covered with pigeon droppings :-)
This is again from the sixties or seventies........
Pakistan was touring England.There was this young Pakistani player on his first ever tour. He felt very homesick in England and would a write a letter everyday to his folks back home. He was not sure where to post these. The poor fellow's English was not that great either. So he asked his room-mate (an experienced player who had been to England many times). The room-mate assured that on a off day he will take him to Oxford Street for sight-seeing and he can post the letters as well. So off they went to Oxford Street and were strolling around. The experienced player found a letter box and told him, 'Yes, here is the letter-box, put your letters in this...'. This guy said 'but I have already posted them'.
'Where?'.
He took him around to show a big green bin which was marked 'LITTER' !!!
There are many many Cricket stories......maybe for another day,,,,,,,,,
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