Quotes About Cricket

I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.

We never thought that there would be another Sachin Tendulkar. But Virat Kohli has changed this mindset. I think Virat can surpass Tendulkar's records.

It was a big surprise for me when they asked me to bat at three. That is a big thing. I was focussed on playing the situation. You need to be open anyway if you are playing for a team like India.

To be mentioned as a Test captain was a big surprise.

Cricket has come to take centerstage among all sports in the country today and it is therefore no surprise that the organizers are romping in added attractions, to cheer the crowd, in a bid to pay value for their money.

I'm kind of grateful to the Anglican tradition for its benign tolerance... I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it.

India riding on MS Dhoni wave, Dhoni is a different man in World Cups

To Sachin, the man we all want to be.

There is nothing in cricket more calculated to raise a laugh than the sight of some determined and serious man under a spiralling catch.

And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.

Bruce Reid is not the worst batsman there is at international level but those who are worse would not need to hire the Myer Music Bowl to hold a convention.

Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe.

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

The last positive thing England did for cricket was to invent it.

It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.

The double hundred Fowler hit in the Madras Test was an absolute beauty.

Yes, I know this narrative is crowded with beautiful women - Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Maycott, Mrs. Lavien, Mrs. Bingham. We might form a cricket team of beautiful women. I cannot help it if they are the ones who excite my notice and so trouble myself to describe.

My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me.

Against spin, my god, he is really a murderer

I've seen God. He bats at No. 4 for India in tests

Sachin is cricket's God.

On the onside, first there is God, then Sourav Ganguly.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.