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> [It is not about being the greatest team in the world ever, it is about fighting for every run and wicket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/it-is-not-about-being-the-greatest-team-in-the-world-ever-it-is-about/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

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## More by Jonathan Agnew

> [The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/the-twenty20-is-itself-a-banal-game-a-crude-game-but-it-works-so-i/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [I don't think cricket will ever have the same sort of money as football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/i-don-t-think-cricket-will-ever-have-the-same-sort-of-money-as/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [What we have learned is that Roland-Jones is a very promising prospect. Because of the way he bowls, he will not blow batsmen away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/what-we-have-learned-is-that-roland-jones-is-a-very-promising/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [On your debut, you just want to get into the game. I remember when I played my first Test, we bowled first and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/on-your-debut-you-just-want-to-get-into-the-game-i-remember-when-i/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/i-love-the-individual-characters-that-cricket-produces-and-more-than/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [By empowering players - not just players, but grown men - to think for themselves outside of the game, you hope that they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/by-empowering-players-not-just-players-but-grown-men-to-think-for/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [We go to Dubai quite a lot, so I've seen it being gradually ruined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/we-go-to-dubai-quite-a-lot-so-i-ve-seen-it-being-gradually-ruined/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/it-is-one-thing-to-err-on-the-side-of-caution-equally-test-wins-have/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/players-like-alastair-cook-do-not-come-around-very-often-to-play-for/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [Stuart Broad's 400th Test wicket did not come the way he would have wanted - Tom Latham chipped the ball to mid-wicket - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/stuart-broad-s-400th-test-wicket-did-not-come-the-way-he-would-have/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [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, the in-your-face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/the-bouncer-shouldn-t-be-banned-hitting-batsmen-i-m-afraid-is-part-of/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/there-is-no-other-job-in-major-sport-like-a-cricket-captain-it-is-a/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [Without ambition, drive and the willingness to make sacrifices, I don't think you get anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/without-ambition-drive-and-the-willingness-to-make-sacrifices-i-don-t/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/call-me-traditional-but-test-cricket-is-the-most-important-thing/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

> [When you are at the top, teams raise their game to play against you, breathing down your neck because they want what you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/when-you-are-at-the-top-teams-raise-their-game-to-play-against-you/)

[Jonathan Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-agnew/)

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