Quote Unquote of Cricketers

Has your goalkeeping improved?

The first thing Wasim Akram asked Kamran Akmal when the latter paid him a visit

May 1, 2010

If you look at it, the two-hour bus ride from the airport was more tiring and difficult for us than the last few weeks of the IPL

MS Dhoni, India's captain, is enjoying the travel in St Lucia

Apr 30, 2010

The media has been ready with the guillotine to hang the hero of the IPL

IS Bindra, the ICC's chief adviser, believes Lalit Modi has been convicted without being given a fair trial

Apr 30, 2010

I hope our performance in the Caribbean catches the eye of some IPL team-owner

Hamid Hassan, Afghanistan's star allrounder, hopes to use the World Twenty20 as a launching pad into the big league

Apr 28, 2010

It has gone very smoothly, without incident.

Lalit Modi overlooks bomb explosions minutes before the start of a match, Twitter controversies, corruption charges, et al, in his appraisal of the third edition of the IPL

Apr 25, 2010

Some of the four overseas players aren't the best, you may have two top-class Indian players, the rest are rubbish

Bob Willis is ruthless in his appraisal of the IPL

Apr 25, 2010

It will be a disappointment if he doesn't end up with 35 Test hundreds. I've told him that

Rahul Dravid tips Kevin Pietersen to make history with England

Apr 25, 2010

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar

MS Dhoni on Sachin Tendulkar going strong at 37

Apr 24, 2010

When you can watch Inter Milan v Barcelona, why on earth would you want to watch Chennai Chunderers v Delhi Dipsticks?

David Lloyd makes clear his priorities

Apr 23, 2010

I read their opener (Karim Sadiq) said he was not scared of facing Dale Steyn and I wouldn't be either if I grew up in a war zone

Graeme Smith is wary of a fearless Afghanistan in the ICC World Twenty20

Apr 23, 2010

Your franchise pays so much money for you, you should at least make the semi-finals. After that you can say it is a lottery.

MS Dhoni, explains his charged-up reaction, and the unpredictability of the knock-out phase, after taking Chennai Super Kings into the IPL semi-finals

Apr 19, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar is a great cricketer but he walks and goes to the toilet like all of us

Royal Challengers Bangalore coach, Ray Jennings, says his team will attack the Mumbai Indians captain

Apr 17, 2010

If they throw me out of Kings XI, I might join Manchester United

Yuvraj Singh jokes about the header he scored during warm-up. A hidden salvo there at the conspiracy theories regarding his commitment to his IPL team?

Apr 16, 2010

The IPL started in 1998 and there's still no sign of a conclusion. It's going on longer than The Mousetrap

David Lloyd compares the short and sweet carnival in India to the Agatha Christie murder mystery that continues to run at a theatre near you

Apr 16, 2010

We got called the Avatars in the corner. But I reckon I'm a little bit wider than him, which I can't say about many people.

Stuart Broad compares himself to England's newbie Steve Finn, who's beaten him for height

Apr 14, 2010

The entire world is watching, the selectors are watching... if they play like this, God help their careers.

Sourav Ganguly believes only divine intervention can save his team-mates if they don't lift their game.

Apr 12, 2010

I was wearing a Mumbai tee at the Chargers v Mumbai game. Symonds texted me that I was in the wrong shade of blue! That is Symonds for you.

Television presenter Mandira Bedi is impressed by the Deccan Chargers allrounder's sense of humour.

Apr 11, 2010

I got a text from Rahul [Dravid] saying 'Congratulations, and in my time it was called vice-captain.'

Ross Taylor recalls receiving a message after being named New Zealand's standby captain two months ago

Apr 6, 2010

Half empty or half full. A cover-drive for four or disaster

Virender Sehwag knows the percentages well when he plays his shots

Apr 6, 2010

I am not fond of caps

Muttiah Muralitharan assures that he isn't too disappointed over losing the Purple Cap in the IPL

Apr 5, 2010

He's not going to sleep for a week.

Harsha Bhogle comments when little-known legspinner Rahul Sharma excitedly celebrates getting the big wicket of Sachin Tendulkar

Apr 3, 2010

When he and Muralitharan get together, all they talk about is cricket. They are like Mr and Mrs Cricket

Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming sheds light in his newspaper column on the relationship Mike Hussey and Murali share

Apr 3, 2010

I passed my bags to the porter and walked briskly to the pool and dived straight in, fully clothed. Shoes, hat, trousers, socks... everything.

Dale Steyn reveals he was in a bit of a hurry to be done with the stifling heat of Chennai

Apr 2, 2010

Shit happens.

Virat Kohli is philosophical after a misfield while being miked up to talk to the commentators

Mar 31, 2010

I want to clarify that this nightmare thing was a joke. Sachin is the best batsman of my time... but I am not scared of him, or anybody for that matter.

Twelve years after getting caned by Sachin Tendulkar in Sharjah, Shane Warne insists he never experienced sweaty nights, as the rest of the world liked to believe

Mar 30, 2010

Thank you Sachin for giving me a very good bat. That's Sachin's bat I was hitting with.

Harbhajan Singh after blitzing 49 off 18 balls against Deccan Chargers

Mar 28, 2010

Now you have a mongoose bat, I look forward to the cobra bat

MS Gill, India's sports minister, takes a dig at the innovations wrought by Twenty20 cricket

Mar 28, 2010

I was lucky to make 100 days of Test cricket, let alone 100 Tests.

Jacob Oram's tribute to Daniel Vettori's completing 100 Tests

Mar 26, 2010

[Lalit Modi] obviously wants IPL to be the best and the most special thing in cricket. But to get that you have to look after your cattle, you can't just keep driving and whipping them.

Andrew Symonds thinks the IPL commissioner needs help in figuring out how to keep players fresh

Mar 26, 2010

When dad went on tours, he tells me that all players would be in bed by 9 pm sharp, every night, for as long as the tour lasted.

Masaba, daughter of Viv Richards and Bollywood actress Neena Gupta

Mar 24, 2010

I'm just a businessman and have absolutely no idea about the game of cricket. It is just business for me.

Mukesh Patel, one of the co-owners of the new Kochi IPL franchise, makes it clear why he's sunk in his millions into the Twenty20 league

Mar 23, 2010

I'm not sure what the problem is with Graeme, but he has suddenly developed poppadom fingers. They are breaking all the time!

Jacques Kallis on his South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who had to leave the IPL after breaking his finger

Mar 18, 2010

I don't see any cricketers in South Africa, West Indies and India having other nationalities. Their teams are not full of Englishmen are they?

Geoff Boycott reignites the dual country eligibility debate

Mar 17, 2010

It wasn't anything malicious and I apologise unreservedly because I know I did swear and it's not something I condone. I feel a bit ashamed for doing it

Graeme Swann regrets the send-off he gave Junaid Siddique after dismissing him in the second innings in Chittagong

Mar 17, 2010

Really it was just me and him coming together and there was contact. I'm not that silly. I'm not going to head-butt someone with a helmet on

Mitchell Johnson on his run-in with Scott Styris

Mar 13, 2010

I see the IPL becoming bigger than the NFL, the NBA, the English Premier League.

You ain't seen nothing yet, says Lalit Modi

Mar 12, 2010

The beds in our hotel are incredibly hard - like someone has laid down a boundary board

Stuart Broad had back spasms and wasn't happy with his bedding in Bangladesh

Mar 11, 2010

$1 billion ... you are nuts my friend ... completely, absolutely mad and wonderful

Shah Rukh Khan to Lalit Modi on Twitter, reacting to one of the clauses in the IPL tender to bid for the new franchises

Mar 8, 2010

The last time I played [against Australia], Merv Hughes spat on me.

New Zealand's coach Mark Greatbatch reckons the tension in the current series is nothing

Mar 8, 2010

When you do crap, it's definitely crap and there is no excuse

Chris Gayle sums up West Indies' performance after the defeat to Zimbabwe in the 1st ODI in Guyana

Mar 4, 2010