Quotes About Cricket

Play tough Australian cricket. Whether we like it or not, that's in our blood. If you try and walk away from it, we might be the most liked team in the world, we're not going to win. We won't win a game.

If it takes me 300 balls to get a 100, then it'll take me 300 balls. That'll also tire the bowlers quite a bit too, so it's a bit of a win-win if that's the case.

I love winding up Geoffrey Boycott.

I started playing cricket with my brother in our back garden when I was eight. The garden was long and thin, so it was perfect for us to play cricket in. We'd use a crate as the wicket. We broke quite a few windows.

I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.

I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.

Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord's.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

I have heard good things about Somerset from Azhar Ali, and I want to play a part in the Club winning matches.

It will never be much fun until a Proteas team finally goes out and wins one of these ICC limited-overs tournaments. That will happen one day.

Having played before and been dropped I think people will always remember that, so if I am ever going to play Tests again I will need to show improvements in red-ball cricket.

I have batted well in Tests and always wanted to do well in ODIs, too.

An all-rounder in Tests and limited-overs' cricket is equally important.

The Oval 2018 was one of the most extraordinary Tests I've been involved with.

I loved playing at Lord's - I ended up with 26 wickets at 11.50 from three Tests there. Maybe the wicket, because of the slope, was perfect for my style of bowling.

I like back-to-back Tests at the end of a series, without any county game in between. We know county cricket has no bearing on Test cricket.

It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.

As an opener, your mindset has to be different. When you need to open in Tests, you might get out in the first 10 balls.

It's a great achievement for a 29-year-old to play 100 Tests.

England are doing really well in the Tests and ODIs, they're doing well in everything and I think it will be hard to squeeze my way into the team.

To play 100 Tests is a lot of miles in the legs and just thinking about that many as a fast bowler hurts my back!

Part of the reason I fell in love with cricket was watching fast bowlers. They provide a sense of theatre with dramatic, ferocious spells and that applies as much in one-day cricket as in Tests.

I think there will be one overarching coach for Tests and one-day cricket. I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment. Also it's important for people to know I am not going to be playing a tracksuited role. The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been.

Test cricket tests you physically and skill-wise, but also mentally. And you have to be solid on all three to do well.