Quotes About Twenty20

I would have enjoyed Twenty20. A couple of things: it would have suited my batting style, and of course, it would have suited my bowling too. Because you need a lot of varieties in Twenty20.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.

Playing Test cricket for one's country is the ultimate, but people are enjoying Twenty20 format because everything will be over within three hours.

I remember playing a Twenty20 game in Australia in 2007 and Matthew Hayden smacked one back at me. My head goes down as I follow through and as I looked up I just saw this white flash pass about an inch from the side of my head. If it had been a touch straighter I would not have had time to react and who knows what could have happened.

I've never been a massive advocate of international Twenty20 cricket except a World Cup every two or three years, because that gets the best players together.

There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.

It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.