Cricket Quotes · Page 32

Misbah is rated far higher outside Pakistan than within. Afridi is rated far higher in Pakistan than outside!

— Harsha Bhogle

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Wrist spinners have been successful in world cricket. Look at Shane Warne.

— Sourav Ganguly

“If a cigarette butt in the bottom of a beer bottle had a voice it would be the voice of Phil Tufnell.”

— Telford Vice

“Come on! Think of Miandad hitting that six off Sharma. If he could do that, you can do this.”

— Kamila Shamsie

It's tough to take, losing the Ashes. It's bitterly disappointing.

— Joe Root

Criticise us on our cricket but don't get abusive with us.

— Sarfaraz Ahmed

I love Messi. I also derive inspiration from the god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.

— Hima Das

In T20, even when you are in form and you feel like you are making good contributions, you are going to only…

— Jos Buttler

It will never be much fun until a Proteas team finally goes out and wins one of these ICC limited-overs tournaments. That…

— AB de Villiers

People were not even knowing that women's cricket existed. And from that phase to today where people would want to follow women's…

— Mithali Raj

The way New Zealand played at the 2015 World Cup changed cricket. The way they went about it epitomised the way they…

— Eoin Morgan

It's always frustrated me when I've seen other players able to smack balls over the bowler's head and stuff like that. I…

— Andrew Strauss

If only a few games are televised and you don't have a follow-up, like no live coverage of the Sri Lanka series…

— Mithali Raj

A lot of parents today come forward to encourage their daughters to take up sport because they feel women's cricket is growing…

— Mithali Raj

I always wanted to play cricket, and I have played competitive cricket to a fairly good level. I remember that my father…

— Harsha Bhogle

I know people madly in love with cricket; they got hurt, and they now should trust me only because I want to…

— Mohammad Amir

T20 runs should only be a criteria to get selected for a T20 side. The moment you start picking players in the…

— Gautam Gambhir

I feel really blessed when people start comparing me with Sachin, but I keep myself focused on my performance and not on…

— Virat Kohli

I am happy that we are not favorites. To be very honest it's big pressure of being favorites. We were not favorites…

— Waqar Younis

As a bowler it's a strange feeling when you start running through a team. You get that one wicket under your belt…

— Glenn McGrath

Alex Hales has tightened up his game from South Africa and learned about Test cricket. It's great when you see someone who…

— Alastair Cook

What should happen is a little voice in your head, like Jimmy Cricket in Pinocchio, will go 'But Russell, that bird, that's…

— Russell Brand

Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs…

— Raghuram Rajan

Rahul Dravid is a player who would walk on broken glass if his team asks him to

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

I want to improve as a cricketer, a human being, and give my best for the country.

— S. Sreesanth

I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty.

— James Anderson

I forget it's Shane Warne and just think of him as any old bowler lobbing down a lump of leather.

— Brian Lara

You don't need to spoon-feed bowlers at the international level.

— MS Dhoni

I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.

— Eoin Morgan

I still remember when I debuted for India in One-dayers and got out on zero against Australia only.

— Shikhar Dhawan

It's the passion for the game that attracts politicians to cricket.

— Anurag Thakur

To be honest, at the beginning of 2019, I never thought about making my ODI debut.

— Vijay Shankar

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

— Usain Bolt

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.

— MS Dhoni

In four-day cricket, you have to be consistent; you have to bowl in one area.

— Jasprit Bumrah

“And I like that about you,” Cricket says. “But I like the real you best.”

— Anonymous

When a 50-50 becomes T20 match, it means even Rain God is a fan of 20-20!

— Punkinhead Abhishek

The other advantage England have got when Phil Tufnell is bowling is that he isn't fielding

— Ian Chappell

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni