In one-day internationals, the batsman is under pressure to get on with run-scoring and does not have the luxury of leaving too… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
What you can never do on a slow pitch is bowl with any width. If you bowl straight it's almost impossible to… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I think most cricket fans would accept that Dravid and Tendulkar are very different individuals but they are both great players. — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
On your debut, you just want to get into the game. I remember when I played my first Test, we bowled first… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
It's an interesting education to listen to cricket commentary when you're not at the game. When you're there, which is most of… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
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,… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Opening the batting in Test cricket, facing up to fast bowlers looking to do their worst with a new, hard ball is… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Indian fans probably warm to Tendulkar more, because he was their darling from a very young age and he is a class… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
Adelaide is terribly underrated. There are lovely wide streets, beautiful parks, one of the most scenic cricket grounds, wonderful beaches, and vineyards… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
My dad was a keen cricketer - he played at school and club level - but it was hard for him to… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
For me, Test cricket at its best is all about ebb and flow of initiative, and it's always a fascinating moment of… — 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
