Bowler Jokes / Recent Jokes
Another famous cricketer was enticed down to a remote country village and took the field to tremendous hand from the crowd. He took his guard and faced the local fast bowler.
Down came the ball and uprooted his stumps. As he walked out he called to the bowler, "Magnificent ball."
"What did you expect?" the bowler growled. "A ruddy turnip?"
A slip fieldsman had a particularly depressing day during which he dropped no less than ten catches all off the same bowler. After the game he was talking to the bowler when he broke off and looked at his watch. "I must go," he said, "I have a train to catch." The bowler looked at him bitterly. "Let's hope you have better luck with that, then."
The bowler was up against a stonewaller who never moved his bat. Every ball either hit the bat or passed harmlessly by, no stroke being offered.
The bowler turned to the umpire.' Is he out if he doesn't move his bat?'
'No,' said the umpire.' But he will be if he does!'
In a village match, one of the batsmen received a fast ball which caught him in the mouth and broke several teeth. The next year, in the return match, he faced the same bowler.
'I hope you're not after my teeth this year,' he said.
'No,' grinned the bowler,' this time it's the stumps I'm after!'
In a local game. the visiting side had two fearsome fast bowlers. Everybody was terrified of them, none more so that the opening bat for the home team. He crept, shaking, to the crease and awaited the first ball. The bowler thundered up to the crease and hurled down a scorcher. The batsman waved his bat at it and it was fielded at mid-on. Immediately, he walked for the pavilion.
'Where are you going?' cried the bowler.' He caught it on first bounce.'
'Looked good enough to me' replied the retreating batsman.
A famous batsman was the big attraction when he was the guest player for the local team. Anxious to impress, the fast bowler keyed himself up to put every thing into his first ball. He ran up and hurled down a screamer which took our the off stump
'No ball,' called the umpire.
And then, to the bowler,' Calm down, you idiot. They've come to see him bat,' not you bowl! '