Cricket Quotes · Page 33

It is certainly not how I've been brought up and it's not in my blood to play cricket in that safety-first way.

— Stuart Broad

I've known Nick Compton a long time. He's a fully-formed cricketer and he's scored lots of runs.

— Andrew Strauss

A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf

— Harold Larwood

It's quite nice to switch off and not see anything to do with cricket.

— Alastair Cook

I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.

— Dale Steyn

It has been a pleasure to play alongside some truly special cricketers and to see them grow as players.

— Isa Guha

I am a huge fan of Sachin. He is not only a great cricketer but a humble human being as well.

— Shahid Afridi

Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.

— Ben Stokes

There is no doubt that Nathan Lyon is a great spinner but so were Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Graeme Swann.

— Sourav Ganguly

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as…

— Andy Pick

People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much…

— Michael Clarke

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

— Harsha Bhogle

My strength is my flexibility. As a batsman, I have to adapt to different roles and numbers and frankly, I have been…

— Dinesh Karthik

The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the…

— Nasser Hussain

It's not true that modern cricketers only want to be white-ball cricketers. Because I had a good World Cup that doesn't mean…

— Jofra Archer

You know, when a fast bowler comes back after a series of five Test matches and then straightaway has to go into…

— Ravi Shastri

When you're managing a team the key is, I guess, to find where those boundaries are, where you're prepared to let people…

— Andrew Strauss

About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I…

— Donald Bradman

“August said you row?” she asked. Her voice spilled over me like warm syrup. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the drugging…

— Fisher Amelie

We should be far more flexible about the way we play our cricket away from home. We can't just presume that what…

— Andrew Strauss

“Speaking of Vaughan, his claim in the Daily Telegraph last week that the story of a senior county pro being offered money…

— Lawrence Booth

I have learned a lot of interesting things about nutrition in my cricket career but the biggest lesson of all is to…

— Jos Buttler

I used to only bowl in Sport leagues. Just by competing and seeing these types of patterns on a weekly basis, it…

— Derek Eoff

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

Sometimes giving a single is better than risk being hit around. You can then attack to take wickets.

— Yuzvendra Chahal

Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.

— Ted Dexter

We all grow up dreaming of playing international cricket.

— AB de Villiers

West Indian people had made their greatest single cultural investment in cricket.

— Hilary Beckles

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is Good But Sourav Ganguly Best Captain

— Yuvraj Singh

There have been a few times when I wondered if I was ever going to take a wicket, but you never give…

— Dale Steyn

There is no specific formula that you need to follow to do well on certain wickets.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

From childhood I have played for India. I have represented India. I have always been a proud Indian.

— Jwala Gutta

I vividly remember bowling 20 + games a day, 2 or 3 times a week.

— Joe Tex

“Without a goal or an obstacle you're just running through a green cricket pitch for the rest of your life.”

— Chloe Jasmine

The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible.

— Alastair Cook

The Ashes have been hard, but you take the accolades when they come along.

— Andrew Flintoff

I think I might try and get into cricket commentary once I've finished singing.

— Lily Allen

Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.

— Sachin Tendulkar

Archer has an incredible talent. He is one of those fast bowlers who makes it look easy.

— Jonathan Agnew

I know how important it is that test cricket is my main focus.

— Joe Root