Conception Quote by Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

— George Bernard Shaw

The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged…

— Donald Bradman

But eventually it is a game of cricket.

— Sachin Tendulkar

The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.

— Bill Bryson

Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.

— Anonymous

Cricket is such a sport that you get to learn something from someone every day.

— Ravindra Jadeja

It is far more than a game, this cricket.

— Neville Cardus

I think cricket is generally known as a very old and traditional sport.

— Michael Clarke

Cricket, however, has more in it than mere efficiency. There is something called the spirit of cricket, which cannot be defined.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is…

— George Orwell

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

— George Mikes

“It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was…

— Bill Bryson