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Dec 30, 2007

"I don't care whether I bore the hell out of the opposition but I am going to try and bat as long as possible."

Saurashtra batsman Shitanshu Kotak before batting six hours for 73 as his side looked for a semi-final clinching draw against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. Kotak's strike-rate this season is 34.75

Dec 29, 2007

"I've played 250 one-day games ... I'll sign it for you later."

Michael Kasprowicz's sarcastic response after Redbacks batsman Mark Cosgrove asked him to remove his white wrist band on his non-bowling arm. Brings back memories of Dean Jones and Curtly Ambrose, doesn't it?

Dec 28, 2007

"We had to listen to his verbal diarrhoea all the time. He is just a goose and has no idea and lacks common sense."

Shane Warne talks about his favourite man, former Australia coach John Buchanan

Dec 27, 2007
Dec 25, 2007

"There are generally no reporters at our matches, either to see our team's performances, or my dimples."

Mithali Raj, captain of the Indian women's team, bemoans the lack of media coverage of women's cricket

Dec 22, 2007

"[The reasons are] not for me to reveal. It's down as 'rested', but they're not for me to reveal."

New Zealand coach John Bracewell claimed to have inside knowledge on why Adam Gilchrist was rested for the final match of the Chappell-Hadlee series. He later apologised for the same comment.

Dec 21, 2007

"My lifetime was associated with bouncers but the sweetest bouncer I received was when Pawar told me that I would be receiving the award."

Former Indian captain Nari Contractor on receiving the Indian board's Lifetime Achievement Award. Contractor's career had been cut short by a vicious bouncer from Charlie Griffith

Dec 20, 2007
Dec 19, 2007
Dec 18, 2007

"We were competitive in all the three Tests."

Which series was Shoaib Malik watching? Pakistan bowled out India just twice, once for over 600, conceded over 600 twice and were saved from a collapse of ten wickets in two sessions by bad light in Bangalore

Dec 17, 2007

"Out of obscurity to nowhere"

Ian Healy struggles to put into words Luke Pomersbach's rushed debut at Perth after he was called up from the car park

Dec 16, 2007

"I'm getting irritable because there's a bit of a***-covering going on. If you'd put a Test attack on that surface you'd probably have killed someone once the divots dried out."

Auckland coach Mark O'Donnell is still fuming after his side lost within two days to Otago on a questionable track in Dunedin ... which is about to host a New Zealand Test against Bangladesh

Dec 16, 2007

"I was waiting for him to break my record [227], but the power went off when he was on 225. I missed the moment."

Former Indian batsman Vinod Kambli didn't get to see Sourav Ganguly creating a new record for the highest score by an Indian left-hander

Dec 14, 2007

"Ask him about his nuts, they are massive."

Brad Haddin gives a group of journalists a not-so-subtle hint about one of the symptoms of Phil Jaques' recent bout of the mumps

Dec 13, 2007

"Being Hoggard's runner would be like being Prince Edward's break-dance instructor: the pay would be fine, and like as not you would have plenty of time to yourself."

Giles Smith, the Times columnist, thinks that Alastair Cook found a cushy job when he was Matthew Hoggard's runner at Kandy

Dec 12, 2007

"Who made them boring?"

Looking straight at the camera, a deadpan Richie Benaud responds to Geoff Boycott's call for four-day Tests because five days are, apparently, boring

Dec 11, 2007

"I realised the ball was bigger than one person, bigger than Gilchrist. It was the public's ball."

In a speech worthy of a film, John, the man who found the ball Adam Gilchrist hit for his 100th Test six, reveals why he decided to hand it back

Dec 10, 2007

"Is that Ranatunga? Strewth, he's not missed many lunches has he?"

Sky Sports' David Lloyd as the camera turns on a rather portly looking Arjuna Ranatunga in the stands at Kandy