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A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the garden aged…

— Stuart Broad

I started playing cricket with my brother in our back garden when I was eight. The garden was long and thin, so it was…

— Isa Guha

You know, when I was a young boy I used to play baseball in my back yard or in the street with my brothers…

— Robin Yount

What a childhood I had. Once on my birthday my ol' man gave me a bat. The first day I played with it, it…

— Rodney Dangerfield

My father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I used to play cricket all the time as a kid.

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.

— Prithvi Shaw

My uncle used to play cricket. I got used to the game at home. As kids we used to all wonder seeing the bats…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

— Jeremy London

Once I am out of the ground, I forget cricket or keep it away as far as possible, to lighten up.

— Shahid Afridi

I loved playing cricket from my childhood. My dad made me play in the streets, and my interest grew. He put me in a…

— Babar Azam

I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to…

— Alastair Cook