A natural mistimer of the ball.
- Angus Fraser

As a Test cricketer you expect that at times you’re going to be heckled, and you must have a thick skin.
- Brett Lee

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
- Robin Williams

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.
- Robert Mugabe

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.
- Robert Mugabe

Frankly, I doubt whether I will ever call myself great.
- Brian Lara

Gel is more macho than a hairband.
- Wasim Akram (why he uses gel)

He fell in love with himself at a very young age and has remained faithful ever since.
- Dennis Lillee

I would like to thank Denis Compton, a boyhood hero of mine.
- Sir Tim Rice

I like to think that I haven’t got any weaknesses, except chocolate and a bad back.
- Greame Hick and Waqar Younis

If there is a threat to the game of cricket, that threat lies in the first class arena. One day cricket, especially day-night cricket, is here to stay.
- Donald Bradman

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
- George Mikes

My back is my problem. It is not a cause for national concern.
- Michael Atherton

Personally, I’m very disappointed because I went there to play cricket. I don’t think you can ever say they’re cheapened runs in Test cricket.
- Justin Langer

Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I’ve ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.
- Shane Warne

Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life.
- John Arlott

Shane Warne – what a superb servant to Australian cricket he has been. And to the world of cricket too.
- Tony Greig

Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.
- Sidhu

Such challenges [test cricket] require people who are more than 100% committed, dedicated, disciplined and passionate about the game, what it seeks to achieve and how those involved in the game can best serve cricket, sport and the wider community. [On retiring from test cricket]
- Damien Martyn

The only person who would call for a run and wish his partner good luck at the same time.
- John Warr

The petrol tank has been flashing empty for five years. Now it is empty.
- Graham Gooch announcing his retirement

Too much crap cricket on crap wickets. (Tom Moody about English cricket)
- Tom Moody

There isn’t much cricket in Hamlet…There isn’t much cricket in Lear. I don’t think there’s any in Paradise Lost. I haven’t a copy right here.
- Wendy Cope

We are here to play cricket and that’s what we’re looking to do… for me, it definitely inspired me to do well. When I go out onto the cricket field I’m serious and I’m there to play cricket. This is Test match cricket we’re playing
- Zaheer Khan
When he wuz a boy, he soak de bat and he drink de oil.
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s Uncle Martin