One-day cricket is a lot more draining because it's a lot faster. You don't get as much break. You are running a… — Ben Stokes Copy Share Image
If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I… — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
When I am off the field, I am the calm, very quiet kind of easy-sailing ocean, and then when I am on… — Dale Steyn Copy Share Image
The English are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
For its health, cricket needs to look outward to the sharpest minds, to people who sustain and nurture brands and often take… — Harsha Bhogle Copy Share Image
It would obviously be a big deal to reach 500 wickets but I don't see it as a target or goal, it's… — James Anderson Copy Share Image
Having played before and been dropped I think people will always remember that, so if I am ever going to play Tests… — Jos Buttler Copy Share Image
I have to accept challenges wherever I play. Be it, India, U-19, state of T20 Leagues, I have to accept the challenges… — Prithvi Shaw Copy Share Image
To be honest, when I got picked into the Test squad or played my first match, I never ever thought about what… — Mayank Agarwal Copy Share Image
Even though Sachin is great, I have always found Rahul more solid and hard to get out. He has a solid defense… — Shoaib Akhtar Copy Share Image
I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing… — Harbhajan Singh 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
He was by no means opposed to hard labour on principle, for he would work away at a cricket-match by the day… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“[I]f Modi is toast, it will in one sense be a tremendous pity. In his way, he represents a third generation in… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong… — Rahul Dravid Copy Share Image
Like cricket has their 'A' team that plays against other international 'A' teams and get exposure. Hockey should also have a similar… — Sandeep Singh Copy Share Image
You never know where cricket can take you in two weeks, two months or a year. You never know what that one… — Jofra Archer Copy Share Image
For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole.… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think, apart from Sir Garfield Sobers nobody else has played 20 years in international cricket and 20 years playing at the… — Sunil Gavaskar Copy Share Image
We are trying to create a culture of excellence. To create that culture has been tough. It hasn't been there in Pakistan… — Mickey Arthur Copy Share Image
I come from a village, Changa Bangyaal. It is a very beautiful village. I am from a poor family. Right from the… — Mohammad Amir Copy Share Image
Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
The most important thing especially in domestic cricket is to enjoy each day there, be nice to people around you and never… — Dinesh Karthik Copy Share Image
I love sleeping and to inculcate the habit of early rising, my dad forced me to take up a sport. That was… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
We don't go out there to try and lose games of cricket, we go out there to try and win and play… — Steve Smith Copy Share Image
Alzarri Joseph is someone who I look at and say 'this guys has got potential, he's a wicket-taker.' He is someone who… — Brian Lara Copy Share Image
Till the 10th standard, I was quite good - I got 66% that year. After my 10th, I got really involved with… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
Cricket has always been about using street smarts and putting the opposition under pressure, on the field and off it. — Anil Kumble Copy Share Image
MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to… — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a… — Shahid Afridi Copy Share Image
“Bowling has the problem of wildly differing methods so that placing Wasim Akram against Bishan Bedi is rather like hanging a Rembrandt… — Patrick Ferriday Copy Share Image
We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them. — Jack Butland Copy Share Image
I just love to play the sport. It maybe a cliche, but it's true for me. I'm constantly trying to be the… — Dinesh Karthik Copy Share Image
Malinga has been a legend for Sri Lankan cricket, and he has done great in international cricket in all formats. — Shikhar Dhawan Copy Share Image
I have bowled with another leg-spinner in county cricket - Shahid Afridi. But he is a totally different bowler than Mishra. I… — Imran Tahir Copy Share Image
I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and… — AB de Villiers Copy Share Image
A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I used to be guilty of trying to get a wicket every ball, but I've learned the game is not that easy.… — Ben Stokes Copy Share Image
He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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