Cricket Quotes
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Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.
F. E. Smith -
Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
George Mikes
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I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
I see a tough time for our cricket. Senior players will establish records and go home, but our cricket will struggle. Young players aren't playing with the freedom that they should enjoy. The selectors and the cricket board should take responsibility for that.
Arjuna Ranatunga -
A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf.
Harold Larwood -
West Indian people had made their greatest single cultural investment in cricket.
Hilary Beckles -
He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.
Richie Benaud -
From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
Richie Benaud
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First and foremost, Tendulkar is an entertainer and that for me is as important factor as any fact or figure. Too often boring players have been pushed forward as great by figures alone. For sheer entertainment, he will keep cricket alive.
Barry Richards -
Potentially the single biggest private sector investment in cricket.
Clive Lloyd -
Shane Warne's idea of a balanced diet is a cheeseburger in each hand
Ian Healy -
Harder he works, the luckier he gets.
Ian Chappell -
Virat Kohli is the PRINCE of Indian cricket.
Ian Chappell -
And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.
William Butler Yeats
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If the Australians can't respect good cricket they don't deserve to see the best in action.
Arjuna Ranatunga -
Cricket. Come summer holidays here in Australia not a whole lot else seems to matter. It's good stuff... Some would even go as far as to say, marvellous.
Richie Benaud -
The last positive thing England did for cricket was to invent it.
Ian Chappell -
My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.
Andrew Strauss -
Sachin is cricket's God.
Barry Richards -
The best thing about Sachin Tendulkar is that he's completely rooted, down to earth, and a thorough gentleman. He's probably the best thing to have happened to Indian cricket and maybe Indian sport as a whole.
Sania Mirza
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Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.
Virender Sehwag -
The thing I can't believe is they must have rigged the voting, how can you keep up with him, Mr Cricket.
Andrew Symonds -
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
Murray Walker -
2-0 is a cricket score in Italy
Alan Parry