Quotes on Cricket

A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.

Author: Richie Benaud

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose.

Author: Jeffrey Bernard

Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun.

Author: Edmund Blunden

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test.

Author: Ian Botham

Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.

Author: Ted Dexter

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer.

Author: Tony Greig

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?

Author: Rachel Griffiths

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

Author: Matthew Hayden

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

Author: Matthew Hayden

Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don't understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn't understand what they were talking about.

Author: Jim Jarmusch

Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.

Author: Imran Khan

During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.

Author: Imran Khan

Cricket was my reason for living.

Author: Harold Larwood

Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.

Author: Harold Larwood

I really got into the cricket and staying up late watching the World Cup.

Author: Jeremy London

John Henry Newman was as English as roast beef, even if he lacked a passion for cricket.

Author: Clifford Longley

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

Author: Sachin Tendulkar

But eventually it is a game of cricket.

Author: Sachin Tendulkar

Village cricket spread fast through the land.

Author: G. Trevelyan

I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

Author: John Walker

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

Author: Murray Walker

You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.

Author: Murray Walker

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

Author: Frank Woolley

It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

Author: Frank Woolley