Quotes About Cricket

I've always dreamt of playing in a shield final with NSW and to win it and to be captain of the side, it's a great thrill.

Trent Bridge, 2013, is my favourite Test. An Ashes opener and England won a thriller by 14 runs. I managed to take ten wickets, which helps.

Even the thunderous master-blasters, like Andre Russell and MS Dhoni, men who now make scoring more than 20 runs per over look simple, often thrive on the right side of an incredibly slender gap between six and out. They are not more lucky than anyone else. They are more brilliant.

In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.

I don't think it matters too much if you are batting or bowling first on this pitch. The wicket remains the same throughout the 40 overs. There is only the dew factor that probably comes in the second innings.

Cricket cannot afford to throw up meaningless games before its benefactors, which is what spectators and television audiences are.

Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.

We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for the spinners at the start and end of a cricket season.

My best India v. Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie.

India should not have any ties with Pakistan, be it Bollywood or cricket. I am shocked that Bollywood is saying that cricket and movies should be kept ahead of national sentiments.

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.

I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.

I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.

Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.

Where glowing embers through the roomTeach light to counterfeit a gloom,Far from all resort of mirth,Save the cricket on the hearth.

I have always been on television in cricket hosting, anchoring reality shows.

If reality TV is bad, so is Colosseum, so are the gladiators, so are sports. I think cricket is bad. But that's a point of view.

The reason why people love T20 is the sixes and fours.

Playing for India was a memorable journey, and I tried to make it more memorable for my team mates and the Indian cricket fans. I believe that I was reasonably successful in doing so.

The night before a game, I'd think about who I was playing, and then how I'd bowled against those guys, if I had got them out previously. While I was playing, I could recall nearly all my wickets and how I got the batsman out.

The backing I have received form the PCB is second to none. They have allowed me to do what I want to do for the best. I really think that we are on the right track. I am loving this Pakistan job.

Lara's done very well recently and I never had any doubts about the abilities of Lara or Waugh.