Jonathan Agnew Quotes

If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him.

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

An inswinger - that gets an lbw or bowled - after a few outswingers is always very pleasing.

I wish there were no free hit off a no-ball.

In football I think if you don't have the intention to touch the ball and you have your arms in a natural position it is not handball.

As soon as you come into the England team, the ICC get hold of you; you're put through this video, which is very watchable, very clear - it takes you back to when you were five or six, that's how clear it is. It outlines everything you're not allowed to do, everything you are allowed to do.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

You should be allowed to tamper with the ball after the 30th or 40th over.

It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.

The rules of the game must be constantly updated to keep up with the expanding technology. Otherwise we overkill the classic climbs and delude ourselves into thinking we are better climbers than the pioneers.

Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again.

All lovers unconsciously establish their own rules of the game, which from the outset admit of no transgression.

I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you; people react differently.

Don't cuss. Don't argue with the officials. And don't lose the game.

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

I love bowling almost as much as I love not bowling.

A handball is when your hand touches the ball.

The way to beat the Klitschkos is to get inside, under the jab, and bang to the body. Do that for two or three or four rounds and then the hands will come down and then you turn them over. It's like chopping a tree down. These guys try to headhunt when they fight them and that won't work. But you back them up, the younger brother especially, and he loses heart.

Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position.

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

Before games are played in common, no rules in the proper sense can come into existence. Regularities and ritualized schemas are already there, but these rites, being the work of the individual, cannot call forth that submission to something superior to the self which characterizes the appearance of any rule.

I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.