Quotes About Cricket

Alastair Cook is one of my best pals.

I like the look of all-rounder Ben Stokes. I usually have no interest in comparing new players with myself, but there are some interesting parallels here.

I grew up playing against friends and cousins in the park and it was some of the most competitive cricket I have played.

I played my first ever Test in Kingston in 1990. I'd just graduated from Durham University and there I was, at Sabina Park, playing Test cricket.

I played a couple first-class matches at Carlton and Guaracara Park and it was a real burial ground for the fast bowlers.

I would like to thank all my captains who believed in me and backed me to the hilt. I also thank our greatest partner, the Indian cricket fan, for all the love, support, and memories.

People talk about cricket being an individual game but I really don't agree; everything is done in a partnership.

To make my ODI debut was very special. Yes, I would've loved to get an opportunity to bat in that game but the situation demanded a partnership at the time.

I have been to Pakistan many times and enjoyed every visit and it breaks my heart to see teams not playing in that country.

I'd love to go and visit Pakistan. It would be a great opportunity to go and play there personally. Unfortunately, it's not my decision to make, but it looks a wonderful country to go and play cricket in.

I'd grown up knowing all about Don Bradman and visited his museum in Bowral quite a few times and absolutely loved the place and then to go back there and receive my baggy green and play my first Test match there at the oval, and obviously my parents were there and a lot of family and friends, it was really cool.

Some really good players are coming out of county cricket. Better preparation, and looking after yourself physically are things that counties should still have to strive for. Also, the volume of county cricket is still far too high. I'd definitely like less county cricket.

Shot selection is very important because you don't want to lose wickets at the start and put pressure on the rest of the side.

MS Dhoni would know what's best for him. He has served Indian cricket very well.

You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session.

When you've got off to a good start and you've got wickets in the shed you've got to keep trying to take the game on.

I don't like being back in the sheds, I prefer being out in the middle and just doing my thing.

Sometimes the shots you play in T20s don't look good and you feel that you got out on a bad looking shot.

I've copied a bit of what AB de Villiers does. The way I go back and across to open myself up and set myself for the shots.

Dot balls help build pressure, so even if you are not getting wickets, somebody from the other end is getting wickets, and the job is done.

The last 12 balls you don't have to think too much, just see the ball and hit the ball.

I felt I bowled well for Barbados, and that helped me.

I'd love to play in the Big Bash at some stage.

I try to keep the ball up to the bat, and I usually get the ball to outswing, so I get wickets like that.