Quotes About Cricket

I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.

So I never forget how lucky I am. That's the reason above all else why I'm determined to keep enjoying cricket, whatever the wins or the losses. As long as I do that then the runs will come.

Big wins in the first Test of an Ashes series polarise everything moving forward.

I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet.

I played at school then signed up with Leicestershire when I was 18, for £20 per week. In those days cricket wasn't a full-time job; in the winter you had nothing to do.

I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers.

I wish I was a great cricket player, but I am not.

My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.

I love the multi-format series. Within it they've found a way to retain Test matches and England v Australia in the Test arena, they were always my favourite matches to play in.

Cricket is not gender biased. It isn't that men's cricket is different and women's a different one.

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.

No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated or hardworking. A lot of people say things about me, but they don't realise I have played 250 games. It's not like you just land up in the team, sit down and play 250 games. You can't survive like that in international cricket.

Although I am not in the thick of things when it comes to T20 cricket, but as an ODI captain, I'd like to give more stability to the players.

It's always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket.

If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.

One of my heroes growing up was Darren Gough, he always made things happen and I wanted to be like him.

If you look round the world, most teams want guys who can bowl up at 90 mph because they can make things happen when it isn't doing much.

I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.

When I faced the likes of Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee for the first time, I had a little bit of fear in my mind. My thoughts were, 'Would I be able to face them? Would I be able to play them? Would I be able to hit boundaries?' There were so many questions and fear, also, that if the ball didn't hit my bat, it might hit me on the body.

We are a country obsessed by records. For us, hundreds, ten thousand runs, and large haul of wickets are more important than the performance of the Indian team.

She's spry as a cricket and she knows exactly where the bear burped in the brickyard.

Wretched game, cricket, keeping romantic youths out in the sun when they should be indoors, applying balm to the foreheads of feverish young maidens.

As a child, I used to play football. Even during my school days, I didn't play cricket. I had also attended a few football trials. But my love for my mother and my mother's love for cricket is how I made the 22 yards my ultimate goal"

When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.