Dec 31, 2009

Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won't be able to improve things as there are proxies running the system.

Former India player Kirti Azad is highly critical of the bureaucratic practices in the DDCA

Dec 27, 2009

Generally when you find bushes of grass on a pitch it is clearly evident it would behave uneven.

Former Sri Lanka player Russel Arnold exaggerates to make his point about the unsafe Kotla pitch

Dec 26, 2009

The sad thing is, I'm not sure whether the Sri Lankan board knows I'm completing 20 years today.

Sanath Jayasuriya hints at Sri Lanka Cricket's apathy towards a significant moment in his career

Dec 24, 2009

You asked me earlier if I catch fish - maybe I might use him [Shane Watson] as a bait to catch a fish... He's soft. He only looks big and strong, but he's soft.

Chris Gayle responds to Watson's claim that the West Indies captain baited him into celebrating inappropriately and earning a fine

Dec 22, 2009

I would take an oath and swear on my children's lives that I saw Ravi Bopara using his nails on the ball to help it swing.

The outspoken Central Districts coach Dermot Reeve accuses the England import of ball-tampering following their defeat to Auckland in a one-day match

Dec 20, 2009

They slapped two fellas on the wrist and they killed the other fella

Joel Garner is upset the same punishment was not meted out to all three involved in the WACA mid-pitch fracas

Dec 18, 2009

It's almost like when you get meat and bash it with a mallet to soften it down, that's what happened.

Australian team physio Alex Kountouris gives vegetarians quite a turn with his description of Ricky Ponting's injured elbow

Dec 15, 2009

I was actually supporting Sri Lanka. My superstition is that whenever I support India, we lose. So I was supporting Sri Lanka.

It wasn't the yorkers from Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan, but Virender Sehwag's shrewd ploy that made Sri Lanka lose the plot and fall three short of India's 414 in Rajkot

Dec 14, 2009
Dec 12, 2009

The way they are going about it, despite the cold weather I doubt if they will be able to catch a cold.

Sunil Gavaskar takes a shot at India after the fourth dropped catch in the Twenty20 against Sri Lanka

Dec 11, 2009

Yes, because both sides have such bad batsmen. That's my honest opinion, they're useless.

Napier curator Phil Stoyanoff on why he thought the pitch would produce a result in the third Test. Stephen Hill, NZC's public affairs manager, said he hoped the comments would be used "in context and with restraint".

Dec 11, 2009
Dec 10, 2009

Dysfunctional sides at times make the best sides

Daniel Vettori looks at the bright side of a reported scuffle between Mohammad Aamer and Umar Gul

Dec 10, 2009

I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing us to breathe the same air as you do

Kolkata franchise owner and film actor Shahrukh Khan makes script and tribute writers around the world cringe with his over-the-top sentiments about Sachin Tendulkar

Dec 05, 2009

It's like a cricket match. You don't know the score and it takes a long time, but it does end, and there is a winner.

US representative Ron Kirk, speaking at a World Trade Organization summit in Geneva, sums up the Doha Round

Dec 03, 2009

Do you think Andrew Hilditch would have done that?

Sunil Gavaskar to Brad Hogg, watching Kris Srikkanth, India's chairman of selectors, whistle in approval of Virender Sehwag's century

Dec 02, 2009
Dec 01, 2009

"I am the batsman with the least talent in the team"

A modest Gautam Gambhir does not believe anyone in the Indian dressing room enjoys watching him bat