Quotes About Cricket

I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't.

There has been a lot of talk of the four-day Tests but I like five-days. I don't make the decisions of how it all works out but five-day Tests is what it is all about.

In limited-overs, leg-spinners are often rewarded as batsmen go for big shots. In Tests, they don't go after a bowler aggressively.

If you look at Mohali, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, they host T20 games, IPL all in a year. That's the reason the crowd stays away from the Tests matches.

If you ask anyone around the cricket grounds, they will say I always sign loads of autographs and thank the ladies for lunch and try to behave in the right way.

I love cricket. Thankfully, I didn't make a career out of it. Otherwise today I'd have been working in a bank.

The history of Test cricket will suggest if you hold the top of off longer than anyone else you will have success, in England particularly it's about owning the top of off.

Innovation grabs the attention. You go back through the history of cricket and there are certain moments in time that grab you. Kevin Pietersen's flamingo shot was one of those.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.

The problem with West Indies cricket is that the talent is there but there is no cohesion. Everybody's pulling in different directions; the players, the selectors, the management.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball.

Sehwag shall be remembered for his explosive and natural cricketing skills. Wish him all success on his birthday.

You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy.

I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he needs someone to bowl to him.

When I been small, once Driver told me cricket singing was the voice of stars.

The quantum wavelength of a particle gets smaller the more massive the particle. Situations are dominated by quantum waviness when the quantum wavelength of their participants exceeds their physical size. Everyday objects, like cars and speeding cricket balls, have such high masses that their quantum wavelengths are vastly smaller than their sizes and we can forget about quantum influences when driving cars or watching cricket matches.

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.

It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.

Never - never more, - oh! never, Did that Cricket leave him ever, - Dawn or evening, day or night; - Clinging as a constant treasure, - Chirping with a cheerious measure, - Wholly to my uncle's pleasure, - (Though his shoes were far too tight.)

The game of cricket is on a very weak wicket in an era of internet as not many people are interested in watching it by buying ticket from the money in own pocket.

When you are watching a cricket match, and a side is 140 for 5 and another 100 plus to get in trying conditions and when you get that without losing a wicket, not only is that entertainment, it shows all the qualities a sportsperson should have to reach the top level.