Without television, cricket would be a poorer place;the two have to coexist. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I don't think cricket will ever have the same sort of money as football. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It's all you hear on a cricket field - 'Knock his head off, knock his head off.' Cricket has gone too far.… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Some people get the wrong idea about what the job of a cricket correspondent involves - it's not all laid-on luxury travel. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket than Christopher Martin-Jenkins. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is not about being the greatest team in the world ever, it is about fighting for every run and wicket. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Stuart Broad's 400th Test wicket did not come the way he would have wanted - Tom Latham chipped the ball to mid-wicket… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
There's little that's subtle about Hardus Viljoen - he's a broad-chested, broad-shouldered fast bowler, who simply trundles up to the wicket and… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I played at school then signed up with Leicestershire when I was 18, for £20 per week. In those days cricket wasn't… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
When you know that batting will be tough, that the ball might move around and your technique will be tested, you have… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Archer has a loose-limbed approach in a run-up that is not very long. He gets into a good position at the crease… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to come up with a long list of cricketers who like to have a good time - from… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Finally, after more than a year of unprecedented anticipation, the talking stops and the cricket begins. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
As a batting captain, you do have to earn bowlers' trust, especially when it comes to fields. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
We don't cover too many draws in Test cricket and its great: it means the cricket is more interesting, more exciting. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
You do not want cricketers who are cowed by adversity, waiting for someone to tell them what to do. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Test cricket is about respecting the opposition, the conditions and the circumstances. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Archer has an incredible talent. He is one of those fast bowlers who makes it look easy. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Virender Sehwag can tear any attack apart. He is audacious, takes risks and has fantastic hand/eye co-ordination. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a professional cricketer, which meant I didn't work as much as I should have done at exams.… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
With new fast bowlers on the international circuit few and far between, it's always good to see someone new coming through. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
What we have learned is that Roland-Jones is a very promising prospect. Because of the way he bowls, he will not blow batsmen away,… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
On your debut, you just want to get into the game. I remember when I played my first Test, we bowled first and I… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
By empowering players - not just players, but grown men - to think for themselves outside of the game, you hope that they will… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed to you… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness,… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
Stuart Broad's 400th Test wicket did not come the way he would have wanted - Tom Latham chipped the ball to mid-wicket - but… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing, the in-your-face… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
Without ambition, drive and the willingness to make sacrifices, I don't think you get anywhere. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
When you are at the top, teams raise their game to play against you, breathing down your neck because they want what you have. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share
