In a local match, the umpire was being jeered and heckled unmercifully from the crowd. At length he walked over to the boundary and sat down next to his chief critic. "What are you doing?" asked the spectator. "Well," said the umpire,"it seems you get the best view from here."

In a calmer moment, Arun and his wife were sitting at home. Arun was as usual reading some bowling averages. "Do you remember the day you proposed at the cricket match?" said she romantically. "You were bold." "No I wasn't," muttered Arun,"I was caught and bowled!"