When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

It's the games you lose or struggle in that you learn most from in Test cricket.

I never coached Sachin Tendulkar, I gave him gentle advice when he asked for it.

I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers.

Jadeja has been sent by N. Srinivasan to play cricket and then go back…to Dhoni.

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.

I don't mind a bit of cricket, but it has to be something massive like the Ashes.

West Indian people had made their greatest single cultural investment in cricket.

I understand cricket - what's going on, the scoring - but I can't understand why.

I know, in India, cricket is a religion, but I haven't had the time to follow it.

It's not that there has never been a keen following for women's cricket in India.

The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.

I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back

I have always maintained that bowlers win you a cricket match whatever the format.

Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game.

I love Messi. I also derive inspiration from the god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.

I usually don't get much free time. Cricket keeps me busy, and I like it that way.

As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format.

I've played my whole life for Delhi; I know what is good or bad for Delhi cricket.

I played cricket for the Delhi under-15 and 19 team. I was inspired by Imran Khan.

Sometimes in cricket nothing is automatic; when automatic fails you need some fuel.

I don't enjoy cricket. I just take it as a priority... something that I have to do.

That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another

Before I made my Test debut, I had played nearly nine years of first-class cricket.

I don't think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing.

Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.

I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.

I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.

Growing up, dad coached my footy and cricket teams, but that's all he could do for me.

We learnt a lot from county cricket - even if we did not earn stacks of money from it.

If there is hockey or football and cricket on my television, I prefer to watch hockey.

Cinema and cricket are two professions in this country that people have an opinion on.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

I wasn't aware of women's cricket until I was 10. We grew up following the men's game.

I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.

Test cricket tests your ability as a cricketer but also bring out your true character.

Test cricket is about respecting the opposition, the conditions and the circumstances.

It was always a dream to play Test cricket and get a first five-wicket haul over here.

I have had a craze for football since my schooldays; more than cricket I love football.

I love cricket. My all-time favourite is Sachin Tendulkar, without a shadow of a doubt.

I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?

I seldom watch TV, but I often get caught up in cricket no matter what time they are on.

MMA, cricket, or anything, you cannot just coast. Every day, you have to wake up hungry.

Cricket is a sport girls can play and be successful in irrespective of their background.

Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.

I'm looking forward to the new challenge that playing T20 cricket in England will bring.

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

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