Cricket Quotes · Page 29

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

— Anil Kumble

AB de Villiers is probably my favorite cricketer, he is an incredible batter and a good friend.

— Dale Steyn

I have learned a lot playing in domestic first-class cricket: how to score runs, how to counter situations.

— Prithvi Shaw

“India’s first ever test series win outside India happened in New Zealand”

— Rajanikanth Muppalla

DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor.

— Simon Schama

Big wins in the first Test of an Ashes series polarise everything moving forward.

— Glenn McGrath

You make a 2-10 split pretty often when you bowl as much as I do.

— Mookie Betts

If you think like a batsman, you have an upper-hand over the man you're bowling to.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bumrah's action is a bit awkward, so you don't see his slower balls. He can trick you with pace. He is a…

— Jofra Archer

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

— Shreyas Iyer

If you look at me outside the cricket ground, I am a simple, normal guy, like everyone else. But on the field,…

— Imran Tahir

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk…

— Ian Botham

We all know the soil in western India has a reddish tinge. In cricketing parlance it means a ticket to party for…

— Ravi Shastri

I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games of cricket. If I have to sledge, I'll get involved like that.…

— AB de Villiers

Michael Atherton's powers of concentration never cease to amaze me. When you need reminding what Test-match batting is all about, who else…

— Nasser Hussain

It was two different worlds: my world - cricket, the dressing room and the lads. And then family. Even when they travelled…

— Andrew Flintoff

A worm is as good a traveler as a grasshopper or a cricket, and a much wiser settler. With all their activity…

— Henry David Thoreau

I still remember my quote from the 2007 World Cup, when I said scoring two threes was as good as hitting a…

— Andrew Strauss

I've always been the outsider. I've always been regarded as some extraordinarily dangerous figure. I'm none of those things! I'm just a…

— Nigel Farage

The time has now come to slow down, to sip Rooibos tea with my beloved wife in the afternoons, to watch cricket,…

— Desmond Tutu

There is a growing interest in team ownership and promoting sports beyond cricket in India. I always felt it is important to…

— Anand Mahindra

I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an…

— Mickey Arthur

International cricket and Test cricket in particular is hard and you are going to get injuries but, if you've got a strong…

— Stuart Broad

When I took up cricket seriously, I wanted to play for India. When my dream was achieved, I thought what next? Then…

— Virender Sehwag

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

— AB de Villiers

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

— Imran Tahir

You never know in T20 cricket. Anyone can have a day out and take the game away from you.

— Steve Smith

I have never played cricket for selfish reasons like scoring 800-900 runs on flat tracks to make a comeback.

— Gautam Gambhir

If I didn't play international cricket, I would have joined the Army.

— Shahid Afridi

I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

As it is, I have a busy schedule, and I don't think I have the time for Test matches.

— Shahid Afridi

Test cricket is a different format, you have to adjust to five-day cricket.

— Sarfaraz Ahmed

I've said openly I'd love to take part in the IPL at some stage.

— Michael Clarke

Pakistan is a great team to be a part of and to see the emergence of young players is exciting.

— Mickey Arthur

I would call myself a cricket nuffie. I love watching cricket. But I've found other things in my life.

— Steve Smith

The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.

— Shane Warne

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third.

— Shane Warne

Before I made my Test debut, I had played nearly nine years of first-class cricket.

— Shikhar Dhawan

“Batting is like another language for Sachin, he always answers his critics by this language.”

— Amit Kalantri

Pakistani people love cricket, they love to support and they love the players.

— Sarfaraz Ahmed