I don't think the press are vindictive. They can write…

That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another

— Fred Trueman

Shane Warne's idea of a balanced diet is a cheeseburger in each hand

— Ian Healy

A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick

— John Arlott

In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.

— Ian Peebles

I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly

— Greg Chappell

A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself.

— Neville Cardus

Collectively and individually fielding is largely a matter of thoughts and discipline.

— Ian Peebles

I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back

— James M. Barrie

Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing…

— John Arlott

A run is more difficult to make than no save, because batting is in its nature a far less certain and reliable thing than…

— Ranjitsinhji

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I…

— Donald Bradman

I've never got to the bottom of streaking

— Jonathan Agnew

The Port Elizabeth ground is more of a circle than an oval. It's long and square.

— Trevor Bailey

The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk

— John Arlott

Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator

— John Arlott