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title: "13 Test Quotes By Jonathan Agnew"
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> [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/)

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> [In Test cricket, you have to be adaptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/in-test-cricket-you-have-to-be-adaptable/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/jonathan-agnew-4986_adaptable_in-test-cricket-you-have-to-be-adaptable_731462.png)

> [That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/that-is-what-test-cricket-is-about-adapting-to-different-conditions/)

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

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> [We don't cover too many draws in Test cricket and its great: it means the cricket is more interesting, more exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/we-don-t-cover-too-many-draws-in-test-cricket-and-its-great-it-means/)

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

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> [Test cricket is about respecting the opposition, the conditions and the circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/test-cricket-is-about-respecting-the-opposition-the-conditions-and/)

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

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> [It is one thing to err on the side of caution. Equally, Test wins have to be earned. They are seldom handed…](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/)

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> [A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/a-disciplined-patient-defensive-period-in-a-test-match-is-not-old/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/jonathan-agnew-4986_boring_a-disciplined-patient-defensive-period-i_1625187.png)

> [Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/test-cricket-might-seem-to-be-slow-and-ponderous-at-times-yet-it-is/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/jonathan-agnew-4986_cricket_test-cricket-might-seem-to-be-slow-and-p_1236951.png)

> [When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/when-you-think-of-the-great-eight-wicket-bowling-figures-in-test/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/jonathan-agnew-4986_cricket_when-you-think-of-the-great-eight-wicket_390409.png)

> [For me, Test cricket at its best is all about ebb and flow of initiative, and it's always a fascinating moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/for-me-test-cricket-at-its-best-is-all-about-ebb-and-flow-of/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/jonathan-agnew-4986_best_for-me-test-cricket-at-its-best-is-all-a_1506159.jpg)

> [On your debut, you just want to get into the game. I remember when I played my first Test, we bowled first…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/jonathan-agnew-4986_cricket_on-your-debut-you-just-want-to-get-into_103400.png)

> [Stuart Broad's 400th Test wicket did not come the way he would have wanted - Tom Latham chipped the ball to mid-wicket…](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/)

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> [This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-agnew/this-is-test-cricket-being-positive-is-not-far-away-from-being/)

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

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## Other authors on Test

## 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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