Quotes About Wickets

I have not played that many matches for India, but whenever I play in Bengaluru, I feel it is like my home. I have taken wickets here.

Getting 20 wickets in test cricket will win you matches and that will be the focus.

We won't necessarily sledge so much but we do have that attitude of 'They're not going to score the runs, we're going to take the wickets.'

There are some days on which we have smart running sessions, which I like. A smart run is to practice running between wickets, so we run the length of the pitch. But runs that are 35-40 minutes long, I find tough.

Growing up, I played on matting wickets. I always enjoyed the pace and bounce and somewhere that has a big role or big effect on your game.

Dot balls help build pressure, so even if you are not getting wickets, somebody from the other end is getting wickets, and the job is done.

I try to keep the ball up to the bat, and I usually get the ball to outswing, so I get wickets like that.

I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.

I have always been an attacking bowler. I am more than happy to go for a few runs and get a few wickets.

As a bowler I think I am more wicket-based than some.

As a bowler you are not a hero, you are always backing a hero but you need 20 wickets to win a Test match.

At the end of the day, the bowlers have to get 20 wickets to win a Test match. I'm sure they do have a little bit of brains to get those wickets.

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

I love bowling on flat wickets with a bit of bounce. That personally suits my game.

And thus, the Fairy leading, they came at last to a tall hedge wherein were a hundred wickets, all being closed; and those who had passed the Foolish Prince disputed before the hedge and measured the hundred wickets with thirty-nine articles and with a variety of instruments, and each man entered at his chosen wicket, and a butterfly went before him; but no man returned into the open country.

I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get wickets.

It is a cliche to say that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test and it is the bowlers who get you the 20 wickets.

We all know that spinners dominate in Indian conditions, so it's good if medium pacers can get at least two wickets.

Sri Lankan wickets may not be conducive for fast bowling, but it doesn't mean that the quicks can't get wickets there.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.

To win Test matches consistently you've got to take 20 wickets - yes, you've got to score runs but if you can't bowl a team out it doesn't matter how many runs you score.

If you are good enough to play international cricket, you can take wickets - but you have to bowl the right length.

I like to take wickets and see wickets and chances and I think in T20 cricket you have to risk a boundary to take a wicket.