| The Wit and Wisdom of
Charlie BAXTER |
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"I want to see sharply honed, dedicated players,
attacking bowling, superb fielding, orthodox batting with flair,
above all you must be ruthless"
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On Inspiration |
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"I intended to organise pre-season nets. However it isn't broken why fix it? Actually its beyond repair, and I simply have failed to organise nets again."
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On Pre-Season Nets |
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"You don't make any friends being a leader...apparently"
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On Captaincy |
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"I think we struggle enough with getting two. Nobody wants another one"
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On the Third Umpire |
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"I'm not ambitious but world peace is high on our agenda"
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On his vision for the Nondies |
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"A world beating tea is simple:
Curried egg sandwiches,
Ginger Cake,
Strong Tea,
Strong Lager."
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On Tea |
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"I don't know the difference between the Reader, the Writer and the other one"
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On Balls |
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"CJB was of the first and finest cricketers to be produced by
the Nondies Academy. I am still not convinced, despite CJB's protestations, that the
Academy was actually a cricketing academy."
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On CJB |
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"The perfect execution of the pull relies less on footwork and more on having a couple of bottles of cheap red wine available"
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On Pulling |
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