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After cricket I'd love to build a family, I'd love to get close to someone and have kids, see them evolve into something special.
Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.
T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.
I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.
I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn it off.
I played a lot of my early cricket in Haridwar and Dehradun. But I just had to come to Delhi if I had to make a career out of it.
Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it.
No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.
You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
The first time I played Test cricket, I did OK because I had no real expectations, I was just going to enjoy it. Then I lost that.
Cricket cannot afford to throw up meaningless games before its benefactors, which is what spectators and television audiences are.
You just need to go into matches with a clear plan in T20 cricket. If you go half-half, it's going to be really hard to come back.
Not just cricket, we are doing clothing for football, hockey etc. It's basic stuff, but good designing is what I am looking to do.
I believe cricket suffered because of me. Fans were disheartened because of me. I want to make them happy and win them over again.
One-day cricket and T20s have vastly different identities and one cannot look at it through the mere lens of 'white-ball cricket.'
When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.
As chief selector, I did my best to pick new talent and give them proper opportunities, as they are the future of Pakistan cricket.
There is a lot of talk about how Twenty20 has changed batting techniques in Test cricket. But it has also had an impact on bowling.
Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.
I've been playing cricket for quite a long time all over the world, and all the situations I have been in have given me confidence.
It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.
We used to live five minutes from the local cricket club in High Wycombe. My brother Kaush, who is seven years older, played there.
I try not to miss my prayers and the 30 fasts in Ramazan, but even if I do miss them due to my cricket, I make up for them later on.
I don't try and copy anyone in T20 cricket. My cricketing shots are inside out, behind the bowler, and other shots I have developed.
For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.
I can't see myself playing anywhere else in the world. You don't know how much I want to play international cricket for South Africa.
The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40 overs in a Test anymore.
Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.
There is a huge gap between international and domestic cricket. That gap needs to be lessened. Our domestic circuit needs to step up.
My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.
The way New Zealand played at the 2015 World Cup changed cricket. The way they went about it epitomised the way they are as a nation.
I am so passionate about Pakistan cricket that I would never ever put myself in a position where there will be a conflict of interest.
I know how much of a uniting game cricket is and as a leader of the Birmingham Phoenix that is something I definitely want to promote.
Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball.
I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say 'I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket.'
When kids are 15 or 16, they should be playing more sports. I played football, basketball, cricket... Name any sport, and I played it.
I want to thank all my team-mates as well as the opponents in red ball cricket. It has been a privilege to play with and against them.
At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.
It is a matter of pride, and a lot of pressure to play the role of a legend like Sunil Gavaskar. He is India's first cricket superstar.
I was actually a top-order batsman when I played league cricket in Tamil Nadu. When I made my Ranji debut, I had to bat down the order.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
In very few countries I enjoyed cricket more than I did in India. I would always remember the love my team and I got from the fans here.
For too long now, cricket has got all the attention and money. Look at how much financial help cricket gets from the sports federations.
If we broaden the audience for cricket, more people will be interested in all forms, then TV rights and sponsors and crowds will follow.
Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
It sounds sycophantic, but I don't think I have met anyone in cricket who gives so much to a team as Marcus Trescothick does to England.
If people remember me as one who contributed to Pakistan's cricket, I will feel good. If people say good things, it makes me feel happy.
Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air.