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- Nov 07, 2020
Cricket Quotes
The game, from the boundary to the dressing room.
These are quotes from people who actually played or watched cricket at a high level - childhood memories of swinging for every ball, honest self-assessment of past innings, and admiration for rival teams' bowlers and batsmen. Pair it with Shayari.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Test cricket at its best is all about ebb and flow of initiative, and it's always a fascinating moment of the match for me when one sides snatches it from the other.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball grew rapidly in favor; the field was ripe. America needed a live outdoor sport, and this game exactly suited the national temperament. It required all the manly qualities of activity, endurance, pluck, and skill peculiar to cricket, and was immeasurably superior to that game in exciting features.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!
- Reason
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to play tennis ball cricket quite a lot before playing serious cricket. Over there, you bowl yorkers. That could be the reason I bowl yorkers.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In white-ball cricket, things are different - over there, you outsmart the batsman, and over here in Test cricket, it's all about patience and consistency.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my education about Test cricket came from dad's video of the 1981 Ashes series - and Ian Botham's incredible match at Headingley.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Test cricket tests your ability as a cricketer but also bring out your true character.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent most of my life watching fast bowlers - initially as a kid on TV and later in the flesh when I started playing top-level cricket.
- Grabbed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first got into cricket by watching Test matches on TV and listening to overseas tours on the radio. The sport really grabbed me - and it didn't matter that England weren't hugely successful back then.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a kid, you dream about playing cricket for a living, playing for your county and then your country.
- Nov 07, 2020