Cricket Quotes · Page 21

“Hey, Cricket. Give me five.” Honestly, it would have been better if he’d told me to fuck off.”

— Anonymous

It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is.

— Libba Bray

“No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something.”

— Barack Obama

Does it make a difference if I score 8000 or 10,000 runs in Test cricket? Not in anybody's life.

— Virender Sehwag

Getting two hundreds in a T20 tournament like the Maharaja Trophy feels amazing.

— Mayank Agarwal

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

— George Bernard Shaw

The hardest batsman to get out. I think Sachin, technically, didn't have a weakness.

— Michael Clarke

May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.

— Donald Bradman

My biggest concern is that Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket are competing too much. They should be complementing each other and the…

— Andrew Strauss

My dad always wanted me to be a cricketer, study no chance. Once he saw that I was quite good for my…

— Moeen Ali

The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in…

— Geoffrey Boycott

In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's…

— AB de Villiers

There are a lot of misconceptions that we can't play fast bowling or we can't bowl fast. We should have mixed matches.…

— Mithali Raj

I started watching videos of Shane Warne sir, and that's where I realized what leg-spin is. He was my idol, and I…

— Yuzvendra Chahal

I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives…

— Gautam Gambhir

Having two bowlers who can exceed 90 mph is a mouth-watering prospect - and something batsmen will not relish one bit.

— James Anderson

You never want to be the worst bowler of the group-because then everyone treats you like you have cancer. "You can do…

— Jim Gaffigan

And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a…

— Clinton Scollard

I have seen some terrifically exciting changes with young players coming into the squad which is reinvigorated. The older players and the…

— Greg Chappell

That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house…

— Orson Scott Card

“Nearly 30 years since his only tour of Australia, mention of Tavaré still occasions winces and groans. Despite its continental lilt, his…

— Gideon Haigh

India may be the soul of world cricket, but IPL is its commercial heart. Just as 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'…

— Vikas Swarup

One of the things about the six sixes, which really comes over me every time somebody asks a question or says to…

— Garfield Sobers

From the animist point of view, humans belong in a sacred place because they themselves are sacred. Not sacred in a special…

— Daniel Quinn

I feel England is the most difficult place for a bowler.

— Jasprit Bumrah

Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.

— James Whitcomb Riley

I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying "I don't want to bore you with the details".

— Milton Jones

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.

— Mickey Arthur

In modern-day cricket, the role of the first three to four batsmen has become very crucial.

— Sarfaraz Ahmed

My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me.

— Suresh Raina

The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual.

— Gautam Gambhir

A lot of the things we do in Test cricket revolves around planning for the Ashes series down under.

— Joe Root

Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.

— Andrew Strauss

“Sachin is a genius in the world of cricket leaving behind all those who are only talented and intelligent.”

— Amit Kalantri

Nothing happens in cricket, ever. Even the highlights resemble a freeze frame.

— Charlie Brooker

I chose cricket as my career when I was 15 or 16 when I scored a century for Maharashtra.

— Smriti Mandhana

Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.

— Tommy Docherty

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

— Kapil Dev

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

— Richie Benaud

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

— Frank Woolley