Cricket Quotes

[Sureshot]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/quote/content/current/page/156062.html

Always have a good laugh reading them on CricInfo, thought I'd share them with you.

Bumbles one, and then the one beneath it

 

[evertonfan]

Haha! Great work! I like Mahmood's and Cook's best.

 

[Iron-Haggis]

Always some amusing quotes on there. Here is one of my favourites.

"Before I joined Channel 4 I played for a team that won f*** all for 15 years."
Michael Atherton accepts an award at the Royal Television Sports Awards on behalf of the Channel 4/Sunset+Vine cricket team

 

[barmyarmy]

I like the Robert Croft quote:
"It's always the same problem with Pakistan: too many chiefs and not enough Indians"

 

[shravi]

"My wife doesn't like me going to Twickenham because there's so much totty there, but she doesn't mind me coming to Lord's because you never see any pretty women at cricket."
Spectator comment overheard during the Lord's Test. Our own Jenny Thompson, who was in the crowd, was unavailable for comment

"If the subject is cricket, the people of the Caribbean rival Italians in a coffee shop when it comes to animated discussion."
There's never a dull moment in the Windies when it comes to cricket, observes Ian Chappell

"He is a positive guy, just like me. That's why I guess the whole of India loves him. But if he was not a 'keeper and was a bowler, I would hit him for 10 sixes back. I am looking for revenge."Dave Mohammed (another potential blaster of our time?) sends out a warning after being carted around by Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Antigua. Watch your head, folks!

 

[usy]

"My parents are from Pakistan, but I've told them they've got to support England or they won't get a ticket!"
England's paceman Sajid Mahmood looks forward to a dream encounter against Pakistan at his home ground of Old Trafford

HAHA, boo, pakistan!

 

[BlackCapForLife]

Haha, some players come out with the most random quotes in interviews etc.

 

[BigCrickNan]

"If you get Laxman out, Great. If you get Tendulkar out, your ecstatic. Get Dravid out and it's a mistake or a miracle." Steve Waugh

"Thank you, Michael - it's been emotional." Freddie after commentating with athers

 

[nightprowler10]

"Just before the World Cup I work harder than I ever did. I lose a lot of weight - 17 kilograms! Can you believe it? It was too much. I didn't score any runs without those 17 kilograms."
Inzamam-ul-Haq reveals the secret behind his miserable performance in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa

"All these complaints about too much cricket nowadays is rubbish. In our days we yearned for more matches."
Javed Miandad joins the ranks of the 'in my day' old timers. In his 20-year international career, Miandad played 233 ODIs. Inzamam-ul-Haq, the current Pakistan captain, has played 251 in the last 10 years

"Inzamam-ul-Haq's languid batting can make Marcus Trescothick's footwork seem like a qualification for a starring role in Riverdance."
Mike Selvey on one of his favourite all-time cricketers, Inzamam-ul-Haq

 

[usy]

Did'nt get the last one.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Another footwork one..

"Emburey's footwork makes Marcus Trescothick look like Fred Astaire" His profile.

 

[Sureshot]

Did'nt get the last one.

Trescothick is reknowned for having little or no footwork at the start of his innings.

You watch tomorrow morning if we bat first.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Trescothick is reknowned for having little or no footwork at the start of his innings.

You watch tomorrow morning if we bat first.

Bloody hope we bat first, i've got tickets for day 5 .

Heres one from the great Fred Trueman:
"I'd of looked ever faster in color" Great stuff .

 

[evertonfan]

"If Chris Gayle is turning the ball it must have something to do with the pitch."
Jeff Dujon, the former West Indies wicketkeeper, explains why Gayle managed to find some spin during the first ODI against Zimbabwe

Maybe Giles should move to there.

 

[cricket_lover]

"If you get Laxman out, Great. If you get Tendulkar out, your ecstatic. Get Dravid out and it's a mistake or a miracle." Steve Waugh

"Thank you, Michael - it's been emotional." Freddie after commentating with athers

the first quote is the other way..

Australian paceman Brett Lee told reporters today that former captain Steve Waugh had once said: "If you get Rahul Dravid out, it's fantastic. If you get (Sachin) Tendulkar out, you're ecstatic. But if you get Laxman out, it's either a mistake or a miracle."