Quotes About Cricket

Cricket's in the blood - my dad loves it and my brother Simon played for Middlesex before becoming a radio and TV cricket commentator.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

I have enjoyed my cricket in India, and I love Indian people.

I have nothing against the Indian people, and I have always enjoyed going to India, as the people there appreciate and support good cricket and players.

The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.

You need more individuals who can do more than one job in the field. Especially if all of them are good fielders and if they can contribute with bat and ball if needed. Just adds to the strength of the side.

Of course, every batsman gets out. I know that. It is almost inevitable that no matter what you do, you will get out at some point or the other.

When you're young you're influenced by the best teams. So a lot of my favourite cricketers were Australian.

My batting took some time to develop - I was batting at No. 10 initially but my bowling took off.

I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.

I think initially people never gave spinners a chance. They thought spinners will just be hammered all over the park.

I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.

I used to bowl a lot at the death while bowling in the IPL, but it serves as a confidence booster that I can do a lot more with the ball at the start of the innings and at the death.

I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.

If you bowl well early in the innings, it is also important to finish well.

I am very insecure because that's how I have played cricket. Since Under-14, I was told, 'If you don't perform, you will be dropped.' I have started living with this system.

I wish I knew myself, when I was playing, with the insight I gained once I found peace and distance from cricket, and fatherhood. I might have enjoyed those last years more.

We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.

I used to see Michael Vaughan play at the club and then to watch him captain England was inspiring.

I was a flamboyant player when I started playing First Class cricket. I used to just back my instincts and go with the flow.

Playing cricket has given me an excellent opportunity to get fit and healthy, meet people of similar interests, integrate with people of different backgrounds and see the world.

The cricket star, like everyone else, should have an intelligent understanding of the crisis of the nation-state and the marginalisation of small communities within the global economy.

I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.