Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air. – Romesh Gunesekera
Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected. – Raghuram Rajan
Laziness isn’t merely a physical phenomenon,about being a couch potato,stuffing your face with fries and watching cricket all day. It’s a mental thing, too, and that’s the part I have never aspired for. – Shah Rukh Khan
I know when I’ve been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It’s not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing. – Ricky Ponting
Two things in India are religion – one is cricket, and one is movies – these are two things. – Preity Zinta
The most appealing side-effect of Sri Lankan cricket from where I stand, shuffling words, has been linguistic. – Romesh Gunesekera
I suppose I’m a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it. – Richard Dawkins
Cricket fans all over the world probably have more in common with each other than with their fellow citizens. – Romesh Gunesekera
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch. – Peter Tork
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests. – Suresh Raina
The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government. – Tariq Ali
If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong. – Sachin Tendulkar
I used to spend countless days in my teenage years keeping scorecards, playing cricket and just enjoying myself with friends and having the occasional shandy in the bar. – Steffan Rhodri
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds. – Sachin Tendulkar
I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result. – Sachin Tendulkar
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket. – Virat Kohli
The thing about darts is that you’ve got to shout. It’s not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You’ve got to hurl yourself at it. – Sid Waddell
If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket. – Sharad Pawar
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important. – Sachin Tendulkar
I told another ESPN friend here, I love all sports. I can’t think of any I don’t love. I’ve even come to appreciate cricket. Maybe I could play a sportswriter. I don’t know. Anything in the sports realm is appealing. – Sean Astin
When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I’d get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit. – Yuvraj Singh