I remember, before the 2003 World Cup, I worked extremely hard on my fitness. A great deal of training and dietary discipline. I believe I lost 19 kg. And 19 is the number of runs I scored in the entire tournament.
– Inzamam-Ul-Haq
I can’t leave cricket. It is my passion.
– Inzamam-Ul-Haq
I control my anger.
– Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Adjusting to life without cricket hasn’t been very tough.
– Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Cricket is a team game. No individual can just say he can win it on his own.
– Inzamam-Ul-Haq
It’s not true that modern cricketers only want to be white-ball cricketers. Because I had a good World Cup that doesn’t mean I only like World Cup cricket.
– Jofra Archer
I only like my mom’s coleslaw.
– Jofra Archer
When Test cricket is good, it’s amazing, the best, even if it is more taxing on the body and is a lot more mentally taxing.
– Jofra Archer
I’m not too sure how it will go but I think whenever I do get the chance to bat I can just show what I can do and hopefully with a lot of performances I could squeeze my way up the order a bit.
– Jofra Archer
That’s cricket. Some days are good, some are bad. No one is going to be amazing all the time. Sometimes I feel it’s not a fair world – really and truly.
– Jofra Archer
Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.
– Harsha Bhogle
Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.
– Harsha Bhogle
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator.
– Harsha Bhogle
Change doesn’t always mean progress, but the status quo isn’t always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient.
– Harsha Bhogle
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.
– Harsha Bhogle
I was so fortunate to play my club cricket at Moseley Ashfield. We had loads of Asians, white players, black players. You grow up from that knowing it just doesn’t matter what religion or culture people are into, everyone is different.
– Moeen Ali
Look at a player like Divock Origi. No one was talking about the guy and then suddenly he becomes a hero.
– Moeen Ali
If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be working in a chippy. Cricket can change your life. It can teach you a lot about discipline and life in general.
– Moeen Ali
Sometimes it can feel like my bad days in Test cricket get amplified or singled out more than other players, while my good ones can fly under the radar. I’m not making excuses but over time this can get to you a little bit.
– Moeen Ali
My beliefs are that good people who work hard get their rewards. There will be struggle at times and hurdles along the way – life throws up all sorts – but in the end, you will prevail if you stick to the right path.
– Moeen Ali
Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
– Rahul Dravid
I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.
– Rahul Dravid
I thought about cricket a lot. I needed to get out of this bubble of mine. I found it in books and conversations with other people about other things. I was a curious person, and this was my release. I like being challenged intellectually. I hated at the end of the day to talk cricket to someone else.
– Rahul Dravid
Cricket is just something that I am good at, just like various people are good at various things. What’s lucky is that cricket gets enormous publicity.
– Rahul Dravid
No dream is ever chased alone.
– Rahul Dravid
I am quite stingy when it comes to giving runs away.
– James Anderson
I don’t agree with the theory that removing grass and pace from the pitch nullifies Mitchell Johnson.
– James Anderson
The time to think about personal achievement is at the end of your career.
– James Anderson
An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket.
– James Anderson
Alastair Cook is one of my best pals.
– James Anderson