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Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own.
The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
Sachin is the greatest player I have seen. I consider it an honour to have rubbed shoulders with him
In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.
Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.
In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.
If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket.
I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.
I was inspired by the way the Aussies played their cricket. It was no-holds barred. They played to win.
I now have a better understanding of my game than what it was in 2013 in my first year in Test cricket.
There should be no cricket and Bollywood ties with Pakistan till Pakistan stops cross-border terrorism.
Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.
Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to do with cricket.
I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.
Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.
I never thought of starting a cricket academy because every second person is starting a cricket academy.
My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, 'I have never made a run for me.'
In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.
Dad played a very important role in my life. I always wanted to play cricket ,and my dream was his, too.
I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.
Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer.
West Indian cricket means so much to people who live here. And when we're not doing well, we all feel it.
IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger.
The more 'A' side cricket that can be played, it will keep the fringe of international cricket interested.
With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.
I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.
I was a coach for a celebrity cricket league. Whenever I trained or practised with them, I missed cricket.
I have never run after the captaincy in my entire career. It is something for the cricket board to decide.
I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government.
I think the more cricket you play, the more you will learn about yourself and learn about life in general.
I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
I have learned a lot playing in domestic first-class cricket: how to score runs, how to counter situations.
Ultimately we're playing cricket and we want guys who will score runs and take catches to help England win.
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
My work ethics have been the same whether it's in international cricket, first class, or even club cricket.
Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan.
He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.
Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.
I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.
In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.
Once you start feeling the pressure, you start to struggle. That is the beauty of Indo-Pak cricket contests.
I have never played cricket for selfish reasons like scoring 800-900 runs on flat tracks to make a comeback.
I think Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai have very loyal fans. That's the beauty of franchise cricket.
It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.