- Professional
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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
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the cricket, I knew what I was doing - to a degree.
- Sports
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a growing interest in team ownership and promoting sports beyond cricket in India. I always felt it is important to encourage other sports, especially those that bring communities together and promote active lifestyles to Indian youth.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
For any sport to be sustainable, it cannot survive on government or corporate grants alone. The sporting ecosystem needs more investments from businesses, and businesses need to see the returns from their investment in sport. Cricket has achieved that distinction, but I feel a country of a billion-plus people cannot remain captive to one sport.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.
- Away
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm away from cricket I switch off totally. Otherwise I would never be able to keep that same hunger.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020