“The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity”

Author: Shaw

“It (cricket) requires one to assume such indecent postures”

Author: Wilde

“Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!”

Author: Milton

“We have got a lot of experience in players who have been lucky enough to play test cricket and have been around our first-class setup for sometime, and a lot of youngsters who are looking to create an impression.”

Author: Springer  

“We want to try and get our mental game right. That is shortcoming in Barbados’ cricket – the way we prepare ourselves mentally and our general attitude going into first-class games.”

Author: Springer

“We have a lot of cricket coming up against Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and England. That’s going to be tough, so I think it’s good that he’s taking a break now and he can come back completely healed.”

Author: Ganguly

“[The obvious question on everyone’s lips is now: Can England win the Ashes.] We’re playing good cricket, … Challenges have been thrown at us over the last few weeks and we’ve done alright in the last few. The Oval I’m sure will be an epic like the last three. Can we do it for the last game? I’m not too sure if we can but sure we will do.”

Author: Vaughan

“Cricket has captured the imagination of the nation, this if fantastic, beyond a dream. When England players win at any sport, the fans are the best in the world.”

Author: Vaughan

“We’re simply interested in playing good cricket.”

Author: Shukla

“I want to see a full day’s cricket. It’s what the series deserves.”

Author: Hart

“Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen”

Author: Mugabe

“They’re [England] number two in the world now and have played excellent cricket of late, and I think both sides match up particularly well.”

Author: Ponting

“It was borne out of World Series Cricket and it’s almost an institution in world cricket, so from that point of view everyone understands and knows very well what a big event it is.”

Author: Sutherland

“It was knocked on the head quite sternly by most of the captains at the (International Cricket Council) captains meeting in Sydney a couple of weeks ago,”

Author: Ponting

“Hence, I shall try to go to England and play county cricket for six to eight weeks.”

Author: Nehra

“In establishing this offer we will be aiming to reward Australian fans who register as members of the Cricket Family while also ensuring as many Australians as possible have access to next summer’s matches. If you’re an Australian and want to support the team in the forthcoming Test Series, register online now and give yourself the best chance of being there.”

Author: Sutherland

“I had said then that it was the biggest upset in the history of cricket. I can’t say for sure whether that is true but it definitely has been the biggest disappointment for me.”

Author: Ponting

“It’s an extremely sad day for Australian cricket.”

Author: Ponting

“I’m at a loss for words. That is my best moment in cricket by far.”

Author: Boucher

“They should start at the very top when assessing what went wrong in England. Cricket Australia executives, the coach, the manager, the captain and support staff must be all held accountable for this disaster.”

Author: Lillee

“England have played excellent cricket and have met head on the challenges both on and off the field,”

Author: Waugh

“It’s one of my best moments in cricket. We always knew we’d be up against it. We tried to keep it simple, we knew we had to get a good start and Herschelle and Graeme (Smith) did fantastically well.”

Author: Boucher

“It was something special. Test cricket is a different ball game but I really enjoyed it and hopefully we can take some of that momentum into the Tests.”

Author: Boucher

“It is now an established part of the global cricket calendar taking place every two years and when the ICC comes to sell television rights for all its events up to 2015 later this year it will form part of the package available to broadcasters.”

Author: Speed

“It got to the point when I said I was pretty fatigued and struggling to concentrate on my cricket ahead of a big Test match. I spoke to the people that needed to know and decided it was the right thing to come home.”

Author: Trescothick

“Stephen quite understandably wants to be playing first-team cricket. If he wants to talk to other people, that is OK.”

Author: Newton

“Twice in international cricket I came close to it so I thought it didn’t happen before, it might not happen today.”

Author: Pathan

“We can’t assume cricket will always be part of the Australian culture, as has been the case for such a long time, unless we make the game relevant and accessible to today’s culture.”

Author: Sutherland

“He is probably right (about the) longer format, one-day cricket or like Twenty20 cricket the shorter the game the more of a bit of a lottery it can become,”

Author: Gilchrist

“These are amazing scenes and it’s fantastic what is happening to English cricket, … I’m taking it all in and this is great for the game of cricket.”

Author: Pietersen

“The era of a dominant team in test cricket is probably at and end.”

Author: Waugh

“There may be a few nerves before his first over in test cricket but he seems a relaxed sort of guy so hopefully he can put in a big performance. He couldn’t ask for a better stage than at the SCG.”

Author: Kallis

“The Test cricket we’ve played over the last few weeks has been of a very high standard.”

Author: Ponting

“We have to be hopeful that things can improve. It is pretty embarrassing the state that West Indies cricket is in at the moment. We can’t put out our best team. At the end of the day, everybody is losing.”

Author: Lara

“Usually derbies are 0-0 or completely crazy. In the end it was a cricket score. We are back to winning habits in a derby we don’t traditionally win.”

Author: Wenger

“I thought that we played really good cricket. It’s just unfortunate that we lost a few wickets. That is what put us back.”

Author: Hinds

“I know we’re twins and we played a lot of cricket together but Stephen really didn’t let much on about when he was going to retire and in what way he wanted to do it.”

Author: Waugh

“I play a lot of cricket.”

Author: Mendes

“He was a fantastic player and leader. His services to cricket have been quite remarkable.”

Author: Ponting

“A resurgence is needed. West Indies cricket needs a resurgence.”

Author: Lara