Quotes About Cricket

I have a lot of respect, whatever format I play.

T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the world.

I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.

T20 may be fast, but still, you never plan for a T20 - the same way you don't plan for the other formats.

The likes of Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have done well, and so has Jasprit Bumrah in shorter formats.

I have bowled with the new ball before when I came into the Indian team in the T20 formats.

Being a person that plays all three formats, I've probably done the most bubble days out of anyone.

Let me be clear about something: I've never changed my attitude towards playing for England. I've always wanted to play all three formats. That hasn't changed, and never will as far as I'm concerned.

I remain committed to playing all three formats for England and to winning big series.

Malinga has been a legend for Sri Lankan cricket, and he has done great in international cricket in all formats.

If you're going to play in all three formats, you can't play all the games. You probably play two Test matches, miss the last one and take some time off and maybe come back for the second ODI or second T20.

There is no specific formula that you need to follow to do well on certain wickets.

I was a fortnight away from my 16th birthday when the fabled 2005 Ashes series ended. My hero-worship throughout it belonged to Ian Bell - though I don't think I've ever made that abundantly clear to him.

I love batting at four.

I am in a frame where I want to enjoy cricket. Of course, I think about my game: how I got out, what I could have done better. But that I think for half-an-hour and that's enough.

Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.

Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.

It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.

Sometimes in cricket nothing is automatic; when automatic fails you need some fuel.

Everyone who moves to New York City has a book or movie or song that epitomizes the place for them. For me, it's 'The Cricket in Times Square', written by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams.

Sometimes you fail with the bat, and then you have to do well with the ball. When you fail with the ball, you have to do well with your willow.

Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.