Quotes from International Cricket

[jayed]

wasim bowling a srilankan,
boycott- dat wed en absalute cowrker wed-nit?

shoaib bowling a srl:
ramij-raja: ooh, this is gone a mile way, the stump has

botham: lights are on, and so is the off-stump-brilliant shoaib akhtar

ramij raja on shoaib- 2 hot 2 handle, even in the heat

ramij raja- 100.2mph, brilliant stuff, england 7-1

[jayed]

this kid would make millions playin baseball in america

boycott on afridi

[Sovik]

"I don't care if Tony Blair or Robbie Williams bowl me the first ball of the Ashes series - all my team-mates and I care about is winning back the Ashes"
Justin Langer is raring to go

"What Indian farmers could not do to Sharad Pawar, Australian cricketers did."
Columnist TJS George puts the life of the Indian farmers in perspective

"Ricky Martin has always said Australia can...er...Ricky, er, Ponting. Ricky Ponting has always said Australia can lift themselves for the big occasion."
"And for that matter Ricky Martin, too."
Damien Fleming is quick to remind Bob Willis of another on-air gaffe during Sky Sports' commentary of the Champions Trophy
"Boys, I have to tell you this - I'm going to order myself a club sandwich and a coke, and I'm gonna lie right here by the pool and take in some rays for the rest of the afternoon. Right or wrong, that's what I'm going to do."
Herschelle Gibbs breaks his silence after his questioning by the New Delhi police, but this wasn't exactly what the media were looking for

[Miraz]

Cricket is not rocket science. You just bowl at the top of off-stump."
Matthew Hayden

"We never imagined this fat, podgy kid...would end up as one of the world's best bowlers."
Bill Lawry on Victoria's favourite son, Shane Warne


"When I told my children I was retiring they got a bit disappointed because they didn't think I was going to play backyard cricket with them. They said, 'Can you still play with us?' I said 'I can'."
Warne hasn't given up all forms of cricket, at least

"He's not that good. He tends to just start with a four-letter word and then says a load of nonsense."
Mark Taylor on whether Warne is one of the best sledgers ever

[Miraz]

The best wicketkeeper... has to bat, and bat well. This is not new: the trend has, however, become much stronger. The effect on the standards of keeping everywhere has been quietly disastrous

Pat Murphy from Wisden Almanack

[Miraz]

"Bhai (Nafis) is not finished and he has enough time to come back in the national fold," "I hope both of us will play together in the national team."

Tamim Iqbal believes in his elder brother Nafis Iqbal, who would come back into the national fold again.

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
"Here's Razzaq into the attack. Pleasingly, that rhymes. I'm really quite a simple chap you know."

-Cricinfo commentator, 4th ODI, Eng vs Pak, 8 Sept 2006

Good one, where'dy dig that up from?

[Sovik]

this is a great one

"My theory is that every time a batsman plays and misses he should be asked to take off one piece of protective clothing of the bowler's choice."
Michael Kasprowicz takes a novel approach in the plan to contain batsmen

[Miraz]

'Dippenaar's finest one-day innings was arguably his seven-ball 1 on March 12, 2006, in that match at Johannesburg - by getting out of the way nice and early, he allowed his flashier team-mates to cut loose and hunt down Australia's incredible total of 434'.

Andrew Miller on Boeta Dippenaar.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by gatekeeper
Good one, where'dy dig that up from?

cricinfo live text commentary.

[Miraz]

" We learned how to dive and anticipate in fielding when we were 15, and not 25, so more focus needed to be given to the quality of coaching, umpiring and wickets at that level, so that no aaltu-faltu cricketers come through to the highest level."

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, commenting on strengthening junior cricket.

Now, I am wondering who is aaltu-faltu cricketer in current India team?

[AsifTheManRahman]

George Bush's long-lost sibling?

"I was at matches early in the event where there was a lot of noise. I can't help it if people want to take a critical approach to all issues."
Malcolm Speed comes out fighting against critics who have said games have lacked atmosphere. Clearly Mr Speed has been watching a different World Cup to the rest of us

from cricinfo

[Miraz]

"BCCI is like a Marwari (businessman) whose product-standard is going down day by day but it is not answerable to anyone,"
Navjot Singh Sidhu in his latest interview.

"If true, then it could be the best thing that has happened for world cricket. Now even Ireland has a chance beating Australia sooner rather than later,"

Sunil Gavaskar commenting on Australian media report that Chappell is a leading candidate to fill the Australian Cricket Academy head coach role vacated by new national coach Tim Nielsen.

[Hatebreed]

"Did I entertain?", asked Brian Lara during the final presentation of his last ever international match. The entire crowd responded with a resounding cheer and some even burst into tears.

[Miraz]

"Get out the birth certificates ... anyone who's 32 or over, they're out of it."
Bob Willis doesn't pull any punches after England crash out of the World Cup

[Miraz]

"This would be a first for Shoaib, who is widely regarded as a more committed playboy than cricketer."
Journalist Malcolm Conn reacts to a quote from Shoaib Akhtar that he had been keeping himself in shape during his lay-off

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by Miraz
"This would be a first for Shoaib, who is widely regarded as a more committed playboy than cricketer."
Journalist Malcolm Conn reacts to a quote from Shoaib Akhtar that he had been keeping himself in shape during his lay-off

aah ... so that's how he kept himself in shape ... and that's why ...

[Miraz]

"If computer know-how is all that matters, then (Microsoft chairman) Bill Gates should have been the best cricket coach in the world."
Javed Miandad continues swinging at whatever comes his way

[One World]

good compilation..here is the latest

"I've been working out how to pronounce his name," says Nasser Hussain. "Chander- or Chandra-? I will ask him tonight." Mikey Holding confirms that the man himself says "Shandra". So now you know.

[Shafin]

Originally Posted by One World
good compilation..here is the latest

"I've been working out how to pronounce his name," says Nasser Hussain. "Chander- or Chandra-? I will ask him tonight." Mikey Holding confirms that the man himself says "Shandra". So now you know.

This depends on which part of india his ancestors came from,same word from Sanskrit took different shape in different languages.

[One World]

Originally Posted by Shafin
This depends on which part of india his ancestors came from,same word from Sanskrit took different shape in different languages.

Quiet agree. But as long as he calls himself Shandra people need to stick to that regardless of his decent which might be part-indian part-angolan part-guyanese who knows.

[Sovik]

"If my mum was alive she could captain England to play West Indies ... hopeless aren't they."
Geoffrey Boycott shoots from the hip

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by sovik
"If my mum was alive she could captain England to play West Indies ... hopeless aren't they."
Geoffrey Boycott shoots from the hip

... Sir G really doesn't like Vaughan, does he? He once commented that his "mum" could hit Vaughan around the park with a stick of rhubarb, when Vaughan decided fancy himself as a "part-time bowler" a couple of years ago.

[Sovik]

he sure loves his mom. god bless her soul

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by sovik
he sure loves his mom. god bless her soul

Apparently she was quite a backyard cricketer also.