But he was the captain and once you are on the cricket field you must give support to the captain.

In 2011 India’s Test team was crowned as world cricket’s leading side for the first time in its history. The foundations for this global domination can be traced to a decade earlier, when a career-defining...

Indian cricket, and the youngsters themselves, are dealing with issues inconceivable a few summers ago. Riches and all the attendant temptations are thrown at them before they have started shaving regularly. It’s not their fault....

He(Rahul Dravid) is the intelligent man’s guide to what a sportsman ought to be – modest, dependable, well-educated, with the gift of grace under pressure and a perspective that is adult. He is the comfort...

We’re pretty confident, we’ve played good cricket in Adelaide in the past and had a good win there this year, I think it suits our style of team.

If you took everything I’d ever found hot in a girl and piled them into a corner, you’d get Cricket Hunt standing in a corner.

How and Fulton have been selected after showing consistent form in domestic cricket and New Zealand A.

We had great cricket in two last two series because of the quality of pitches. Unfortunately, the wickets in the first two Tests here have not lived up to the expectations of an India-Pakistan contest.

But Langer’s mendacity, and Parker’s possible cowardice, is less interesting and salient for our purposes than the question of whether or not Gilchrist, too, was lying: ‘I didn’t hear anything—absolutely nothing.’ These were his words...

Sachin’s straight drive is like fired bullet from most efficient gun.

Olivia and James, Joe and Tom had a field day playing cricket in the garden of the villa against Uncle Fred, with a hard rubber ball, … Freddie is brilliant with kids.

The idea of a BCCI channel is still alive and we are also planning an inter-city cricket league in a day-night format.

Don Bradman will bat no more against England, and two contrary feelings dispute within us: relief, that our bowlers will no longer be oppressed by this phenomenon; regret, that a miracle has been removed from...

The President complimented both the teams for playing excellent cricket. He also appreciated both the teams for playing cricket in its true spirit and displaying themselves as true ambassadors of their respective countries.

Rob Green needed to get the long barrier out, didn’t he?

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

Tendulkar’s genius is of an order that the average player cannot comprehend. Dravid’s greatness is not just comprehensible, it is reassuring

Sachin has infinite capacity for taking pains and still making runs.

I thought back to all the times I’d slept with a girl and not thought twice about it and my gut ached. If a girl doesn’t safeguard herself, who will? I’d always had the mentality...

He will be considered for a return to international cricket later in the summer,

We know we have to play well. We have to play one day of good cricket out of the remaining two to win the series. We are confident of doing it. We have shown in...

We are really hungry to play international cricket. We have had very little opportunities to play international games since our commendable performance in the last World Cup. We are hoping that our lack of exposure...

Sachin’s pedal sweep confirmed that physical conditions and age cannot stop you from hitting boundaries.

Since Modi’s Mumbai sign-off, much commentary has been focused on the brand-dilution potential inherent in its scandals. MS Dhoni doesn’t think we should worry: ‘IPL as a brand can survive on its own.’ Shilpa Shetty,...

Cricket is about a lot more than playing by the rules, Mistry. It’s a gentleman’s game. Don’t you ever forget that.

You know how when you step on court your coach is like “go go go!”? And all throughout you just keep telling yourself to hit harder and harder and keep at it? You know how...

Heroes in fact die with one’s youth. They are pinned like butterflies to the setting board of early memories—the time when skies were always blue, the sun shone and the air was filled with the...

Our sporting codes are fast becoming more open and more liberal. Football has its anti-bigotry drives; rugby has Gareth Thomas. But cricket is oddly reticent. When Steven Davies came out in 2011, he was the...

Two things in India are religion – one is cricket, and one is movies – these are two things.

My aim is to play Test matches. For me, there is a different feel of Test cricket as it tests your character. You come to know about your mental toughness, and most importantly, there is...

Century was an occasional thing in cricket, Sachin made it frequent.

I started toward the barn and was grateful that the wind was still. About halfway up the drive, my heart began to beat an irregular rhythm as I caught sight of Cricket coming toward me....

Mills is recovering from his groin strain but does not have enough recent cricket to be considered for section. He will be returning to club cricket this weekend before the team for the remainder of...

We’re playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.

If we can get that then that will be so important to the development of our cricket because it will allow us to play outside the country, get lots of experience and mean we will...

Sachin is passionate for cricket and fame is passionate for Sachin.

[I]f Modi is toast, it will in one sense be a tremendous pity. In his way, he represents a third generation in cricket’s governance. For a hundred years and more, cricket was run by administrators,...

Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.

Cricket is not only a game, it is a whole life

What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

In fact, I wonder who are the people who go to watch old men play cricket. I fear that someone would collapse on the field one day.

I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.

At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.

Sachin is a genius in the world of cricket leaving behind all those who are only talented and intelligent.

I row…a-uh-boat…with-uh-my teammates.” Superb! Just-uh-superb.

When he pursed his lips and dropped a hand into his coat pocket, the last thing Nur expected him to pull out was a cricket ball. “I’d hoped for a disruptor at least,” she muttered...

Seeing the video, cricket seems like fun, I didn’t know that. We only know about fast bowlers, dressing room and hotels. Now I know what to do after I finish with cricket. You meet so...

Some of the BBC reporters were not sure whether Nepal played cricket. One guy asked me how you play cricket in the mountains.

Thanks to technology, the future generation will be able to see Sachin’s recorded innings and will accept that our generation was most lucky.

One keeps looking out for innovation in IPL, but of late it hasn’t been all that obvious. Lionel Richie as an opening act? Johnny Mathis must have been busy. Matthew Hayden’s Mongoose? Looks a bit...