Quotes About Cricket

It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover that your wife left you in May.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.

I Am Really Gifted To Play Under The Leadership Of MS Dhoni.

Ezra crunched boldly, because the only thing worse than a chocolate-covered cricket would be a cricket with all the chocolate sucked off.

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

You know when you've hit a good shot. I use a bat that weighs two pounds and nine ounces, and it makes a reassuringly solid sound when I connect properly. The ball pings off the middle.

I used to play rugby, polo, tennis, and cricket in school. It was only in the 1990s, when I used to live just opposite Harrods in London, that I started putting on weight. I used to have my breakfast there every day.

I feel good to work with Kumble bhai. He is a well-read person and a dedicated coach. I also like his aggressive approach to the game.

The West Indies team I played for in the 1970s and 80s was truly blessed to have so many brilliant individuals in one group. We had many great fast bowlers but the deadliest was my fellow Antiguan Andy Roberts.

I don't just play along the ground. I practice hitting the ball big, and when needed, I use it.

Whenever I practise in the nets, I practise each and every situation - be it with the new ball, be it with the old ball, or death bowling at the death.

In England, you don't really practise reverse-swing, and not everyone can do it.

I am here to play cricket. No preferences at all. T20, ODI, Test - I just want to perform on every stage and prove my worth as a good bowler.

In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's where you make your name.

That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.

It's difficult when you're not getting any help from the wicket on day one.

Before I made my Test debut, I had played nearly nine years of first-class cricket.

I was actually a top-order batsman when I played league cricket in Tamil Nadu. When I made my Ranji debut, I had to bat down the order.

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen.

Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.

My favourite sport's cricket and one of the key things in cricket is to know when to declare.

If I'm only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend a boundary.

One of the things about concussion that can be quite difficult is sometimes it can be delayed you can be batting for another four or five overs then suddenly the grandstand is shaking or something is different.