Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Vaughan

They're young and they do enjoy their cricket,

A lot of people have written Zimbabwe cricket off with the problems they've had, but there is still a lot of potential there.

A meeting was held to discuss some Zimbabwe Cricket ideas for making progress on negotiations. But they have dug their heels in and are all adamant there will be no talks until payments have been fully made.

Zimbabwe Cricket has really had it now. The players relented from a similar position to give ZC a further three weeks until the end of the month to pay the large sums of money owed them. But they are now simply walking away.

Colin Miller

You're 30, you know cricket isn't the be-all and end-all. You're probably educated and know there is life away from cricket.

It was disappointing to lose your skipper at that point in time. He felt like it could have been his day to get some runs but that's cricket - sometimes you get the hard knocks.

Brett is an exciting prospect who has good height and is able to generate good bounce. He has had solid results in domestic cricket and we want to have a look at him at the next level.

Every person that has come in this morning has been talking about the cricket. It's all that matters at the moment.

One-day cricket is an intense test of skills, we haven't performed as we should have.

I've been a huge cricket fan since my teens, and I often used to go down to St. Helen's in Swansea in the summer. To me, it was like a 'rites of passage' experience to have the freedom of St. Helen's cricket ground.

Dav Whatmore

We knew it before the series. But our focus at the moment is to win tomorrow's match and clinch the series. We have been playing good cricket so far and we just want to maintain the same standard.

The Zimbabwe team has demonstrated in recent series that it is not in a position to be competitive in Test cricket and its decision to withdraw from its commitments over the next 12 months helps protect the integrity of the international game.

The win had a huge impact on us. The next morning we were all walking tall. My little sister is on the team and a little unsure of herself here, as are some of the younger swimmers. I told her that she should look at what the cricket team did. Anything is possible, you don't know what you can do or what can happen.

Matthew Hoggard

The World Cup is a massive event for world cricket and we need to start winning. We've shown hints of what we can do and over the next three games we've got to throw everything into it.

Dave Stewart

There's a cricket match on somewhere in the world that one of them would like to watch before the show.

We will talk with the officials of Pakistan's government and the cricket board.

Michael Vaughan

With Leeds, you always know there is going to be a good game of cricket,

We expect that all three players who have not been selected will go back to state cricket and get back to the sort of form they were in 12 months ago.

We expect that all three players who have not been selected, will go back to state cricket and get back to the sort of form they were in 12 months ago.

We don't want cricket reduced to a level where it turns into a hooligans' sport and the spirit of the game is eroded. We can't have a situation like we see in football.

In cricket, you have a sense of sport as it should be played by people who respect each other. They fought fiercely but they were friends.

Gordon Taylor

In cricket there has been a long history of sledging between England and Australia,

I know we're twins and we played a lot of cricket together but Stephen really didn't let much on about when he was going to retire and in what way he wanted to do it.

James Hart

I want to see a full day's cricket. It's what the series deserves.

John Newcombe

I tried out for the cricket team, then found out I had to play Saturday mornings... or Saturday afternoons and practice twice a week.

Rahul Dravid

It's a great sign for him and for Indian cricket. Hopefully, he will go from strength to strength from here.

That is important for players to recover but I don't think excessive international cricket is being played these days. The players are also being paid well now.

Duncan Fletcher

Everyone is keeping an eye on all cricket all the time. As long as we don't try to notice too much and forget about our own game.

Cyrus Broacha

Every night, I say goodnight to the kids like Rajesh Khanna, muah muah, two kisses, say goodnight to my wife, and every night, I'd go to the recreation room and watch cricket with two old men.

Dan Wheldon

It wasn't as good a throw as the one I did at Shea Stadium; it was a little high, ... This was more of an English cricket throw than a pitch. I was throwing it a little high on purpose to show them I had a different pitch than the one I did at Shea Stadium. It just dropped about 10 feet too late.

Greg Chappell

It was nothing, we were just discussing cricket. Why do you people have to read more into everything?

Rahul Dravid

It was not that a single performance lifted us. It was a hard fight and we played good cricket. But we can't slip up as there is still a lot left in the series.

In terms of cricket I would rather think we get on with the game now and play to our potential, than thinking about it too much.