Dec 18, 2003 Tweet | Share

I'm not sure how many people will play cricket once they have experienced the emotion of driving a sled down a luge track.

Dec 18, 2003 Tweet | Share

I love each and every one of you but, like my like my own family, you thrill, you frustrate, you anger.

Dec 18, 2003 Tweet | Share

It's not as if they know what I am bowling, it's almost as if they don't really seem to care what I am bowling.

Dec 16, 2003 Tweet | Share

Twenty years ago that attitude was the norm but I thought world cricket had changed and that teams now tried to win. I was proved wrong at Kandy."

Dec 15, 2003 Tweet | Share

As the assault gathered momentum, still more men were despatched in a vain attempt to stem the flow. Nothing changed. Sourav Ganguly and his threadbare attack died the death of a thousand cuts."

Dec 13, 2003 Tweet | Share

Throw, throw, throw the ball, gently down the seam / Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali, chucks it like a dream / Bowl, bowl, bowl the ball, gently through the air / Murali, Murali, Murali, Murali, here comes Darrell Hair ... No Ball!

Dec 13, 2003 Tweet | Share

We're all fit and well ... well, those of us who are here."

Dec 11, 2003 Tweet | Share

I never believe there is any point looking at the surface ... you only get depressed.

Dec 10, 2003 Tweet | Share

A ****ing cheat, a ****ing chucker"

Dec 10, 2003 Tweet | Share

Australian cricket, or 'Cricket Australia' as they prefer to be known, is doing everything possible to stamp out personality, character and individual thinking from the sport. And it's pathetic to watch. [They] are behaving like anally retentive librarians."

Dec 10, 2003 Tweet | Share

As far as farewells go, this was like Dame Nellie Melba getting a frog in her throat. Then falling into the orchestra pit.

Dec 9, 2003 Tweet | Share

Does the ICC think that Harper is indispensable, or do they have double standards on the reports of the captains? Or is it that the ICC has double standards for Asian and non-Asian umpires?

Dec 9, 2003 Tweet | Share

His latest weapon, a leg-break delivered with the whiplash arm of a spitting cobra, looks a vaguely suspicious contortion ... but unless the ICC bigwigs decide to take another look at [his] unorthodox action, he is going to add substantially to his haul of 461 Test wickets in the next three weeks.

Dec 7, 2003 Tweet | Share

When a man who has hardly appealed for a year suddenly exercises his vocal chords every few minutes a sore throat should not be too much of a surprise.

Dec 7, 2003 Tweet | Share

There's a lot of talk about this Test match and a lot of talk about myself, but the important message is that cricket is bigger than any individual.

Dec 6, 2003 Tweet | Share

The last series I played here [Sri Lanka] was the toughest of my life ... so for a young offspinner it's going to be even tougher. I'm just glad the lifeguards dragged him in.

Dec 4, 2003 Tweet | Share

I get the impression that when they are on the field, they are thinking about the commerce, and when they are doing their commerce, they are thinking about their game.

Nov 30, 2003 Tweet | Share

The whole tour has ended up being a complete farce. We didn't look at any weather forecast, we just depended on the English board knowing what they were doing. We've spent about £2500 coming out to watch England and it's really hard to take."

Nov 23, 2003 Tweet | Share

Daddy, I don't want you to go away any more."

Nov 19, 2003 Tweet | Share

We were in the game for about 1.2 overs

Nov 18, 2003 Tweet | Share

This is the weakest-looking England side I can remember. I watched them struggle to beat Bangladesh in Dhaka and they are nowhere near as good as the sides I faced."

Nov 15, 2003 Tweet | Share

Maybe some people didn't really understand what I meant.

Nov 11, 2003 Tweet | Share

Test Match Special is all chocolate cakes and jolly japes, but I didn't enjoy being called a wheelie-bin, and nor did my family.

Nov 10, 2003 Tweet | Share

The dressing room is sacrosanct. Nobody goes in there without the permission of the coach or captain, and the testers did not have permission.

Nov 5, 2003 Tweet | Share

There are three great international team sports in Australia: cricket, rugby (two codes), and Pom-bashing. But the greatest of these is the last, and it is time we prepared ourselves for the greatest celebration of Pom-bashing since Bodyline, the 1930s cricket tour that became an international incident. That one rankles to this day and is otherwise known as the longest whinge in sporting history.

Nov 4, 2003 Tweet | Share

The over before I got Tendulkar out, I just turned to Punter and just said I'd get him a wicket next over. It was more arse than class, I think!"

Nov 2, 2003 Tweet | Share

My timing has been perfect all game. Test cricket is about playing the situation, not being an individual.

Nov 1, 2003 Tweet | Share

The West Indies tour has become a rip-off. I'm not going now."

Nov 1, 2003 Tweet | Share

When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

Nov 1, 2003 Tweet | Share

We have enough players in our squad here who can hit the ball over the ropes. So, hopefully, at some stage there will be a role there for a nudger and nurdler like me. It's not a glamorous role, but it is there.

Oct 31, 2003 Tweet | Share

I'm a pretty emotional person. I'm basically the opposite of what I'm perceived as on the cricket field. When you drop a player as captain, you become emotional. You don't cry, but you feel like crying.

Oct 30, 2003 Tweet | Share

His claim of being an allrounder is clearly more a reflection of his physique than abilities in Test cricket.

Oct 30, 2003 Tweet | Share

We were wondering just what could be done when Brian suggested we use the instrument they use in golf to make green holes to gouge the offending area out."

Oct 30, 2003 Tweet | Share

If someone has a cute figure, they are known to have a nice Chaminda.

Oct 29, 2003 Tweet | Share

The need of the hour is to replace ignorant curators with knowledgable ones. Otherwise, it could prove catastrophic for Test cricket.

Oct 27, 2003 Tweet | Share

I'm a thick-set guy. I can't get below 16 stone without making myself ill."

Oct 27, 2003 Tweet | Share