"a good length delivery" always raises a chuckle, or when Neil Fairbrother hit a single during a Durham v Lancashire match, inspiring Bobby Simpson to observe: "With his lovely soft hands he just tossed it off."
After bowling 5 deliveries at an Austrailian tailender who had not managed to lay a bat on any of them Fred Trueman was heard to growl, "bowl him a piano lets see if he can play that"