Cricket Quotes · Page 31

I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.

— Joseph O'Neill

When you go out to play in different conditions against different bowlers, it is always challenging.

— Shreyas Iyer

When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.

— Shahrukh Khan

“Rob Green needed to get the long barrier out, didn't he?”

— James Anderson

Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers

— Rahul Dravid

I was scared of facing only one bowler - that was Muttiah Muralitharan.

— Virender Sehwag

I didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice.

— Tom Jones

“I'm not into caps with lots of diamonds on them, like KP.”

— James Anderson

I started the game, in the nets, I used to be a little sceptical. When I bowled, the balance of the ball…

— Ravichandran Ashwin

Virat is in your face, he wants to dominate and has a work ethic like no one else. Whether it comes to…

— Ravi Shastri

Money wasn't the motivating factor in calling time on my international career and focusing on T20 cricket. If I was here to…

— AB de Villiers

“Thank you for helping my sister,” he says. I lean forward, mimicking his position. “I’m happy to.” Calliope leans out her window.…

— Stephanie Perkins

I'm able to make out the difference in my cricket since I started studying engineering. I can't explain how or why, but…

— Ravichandran Ashwin

I know hockey is not as popular as cricket in India, but I hope in future, every renowned hockey player should be…

— Sandeep Singh

I am from a sports background, and always wanted to become either a cricketer or footballer; in short, just play some sport…

— Sonu Sood

“He has played some outstanding innings in the past, and I've got no [ sic ] confidence whatsoever that he'll come back…

— Andrew Strauss

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the…

— Gautam Gambhir

“Class amusements, be they for Dukes or plow-boys, always become nuisances and curses to a country. The true charm of cricket and…

— Thomas Hughes

“Life is like wickets in cricket, either you block or you strike the ball to remain in the game, but if you…

— Talent Hwingwiri

At No 3 you have to take a bit more time to find your feet, but at No 5 you take much…

— Ajinkya Rahane

What batsmen like me do for fitness is often a bit different to what bowlers like Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad do…

— Joe Root

You so often see bowlers pick out a lovely new ball from the bag at nets and it looks great when it…

— James Anderson

I want to improve cricket at the district level because lot of hardworking players come from districts. We have produced so many…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

Not interested. I didn't try very hard. I went to boarding school on a sports' scholarship after I bowled a cricket ball…

— Tony Blackburn

You can never find the right bowling ball. This one's too heavy. This one's good but its pink!

— Jim Gaffigan

Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.

— Moeen Ali

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

— Shikhar Dhawan

Pretty early, when I started playing golf, I was compared to Garfield Sobers, who played both cricket and golf.

— Brian Lara

You try to make sure you have respect for the opposition but still play to win and play hard cricket.

— Joe Root

With the cricket, I knew what I was doing - to a degree.

— Andrew Flintoff

I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers.

— Jonathan Agnew

Michael Vaughan gave me his old thigh pad when he retired. It was in my kitbag for a long time.

— Joe Root

The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.

— Jonathan Agnew

You bowl according to situations - whether at the death or at the beginning.

— Jasprit Bumrah

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.

— Imran Tahir

If batsmen put up a good total on the board, then it gives the bowlers more confidence to bowl well.

— Yuzvendra Chahal

If you worry about the batsmen or their stature, then you cannot play to your strengths.

— Yuzvendra Chahal

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

— AB de Villiers

An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both.

— Garfield Sobers