Cricket Quotes · Page 28

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

— Anil Kumble

It's great to retain the Ashes but it just doesn't sit right with me when you don't win it.

— Steve Smith

I've been lucky enough to play over 100 Test matches for Australia.

— Michael Clarke

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes

— Ian Botham

“And if I'm the stars, Cricket Bell is entire galaxies.”

— Anonymous

I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.

— Joe Root

The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest.

— John Arlott

Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great.

— John Virgo

In the nets, I would see spinners like Piyush Chawla bhai or Amit Mishra bhai running in to bowl. I decided I…

— Yuzvendra Chahal

I would have enjoyed playing some county cricket and learning my art that way, but I never had any ambitions at all…

— Steve Smith

I think only a batsman will be able to tell you about the goose bumps he gets after hitting a perfect cover…

— Gautam Gambhir

To play 100 Tests is a lot of miles in the legs and just thinking about that many as a fast bowler…

— Jofra Archer

India me aap Prime Minister ko ek baar katghare me khada kar sakte hain. Par Sachin Tendulkar par ungli nahi utha Sakte.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

I was a tomboy running around in the garden. I used to play on a local cricket team. I grew up with…

— Felicity Jones

If Australia and England are finding it difficult to sell their broadcasting rights you can't blame BCCI for that.

— Anurag Thakur

I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.

— Virat Kohli

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

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

Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour…

— Rahul Dravid

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

“Ball tempering is common in Cricket. Rigging is common in Elections. Whats the big deal? — Najumi Sethi”

— @SaroorIjaz

“I don’t understand the game of Cricket. But I do get the game of Noisy Night Insect.”

— Jarod Kintz

Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders.

— Garfield Sobers

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

— Dale Steyn

I was inspired by the way the Aussies played their cricket. It was no-holds barred. They played to win.

— Sourav Ganguly

Men's cricket sets the bar. We are always trying to reach where they set the standard.

— Mithali Raj

IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.

— Sourav Ganguly

Cricket can be fickle, so you're better off trying to improve rather than falling back on what you think works.

— Kane Williamson

Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.

— Sachin Tendulkar

As a cricketer you just can't sit at one place and do nothing.

— Smriti Mandhana

“Cricket must be proud, "I played by Sachin Tendulkar".”

— Amit Kalantri

Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket.

— Katie Hopkins

I went to trials at Northants academy and got in. It was a crossroads between cricket and football.

— Ben Chilwell

It feels great that my performances in domestic cricket have been recognised.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I have enjoyed my cricket in India, and I love Indian people.

— Shahid Afridi

Cricket more than any other game is inclined towards sentimentalism and cant.

— Neville Cardus