Quotes Cricket

Thank God who made the British Isles
And taught me how to play,
I do not worship crocodiles
Or bow the knee to clay.

Give me a willow wand, and I,
With hide and cork and twine,
From century to century
Will gambol round my Shrine.

This is from  An Almanac of Twelve Sports

From his schooldays onwards,when he was  urged by his tiresome house master to support his house team, Kipling was sceptical  about the merits of the game. Later,  In “The Islanders”, he wrote of  ‘flanneled fools  at the wicket.’