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

Dec 31, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 27, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 26, 2009 Tweet | Share

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.

Dec 24, 2009 Tweet | Share

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.

Dec 22, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 20, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 18, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 15, 2009 Tweet | Share

At the moment when [Nathan] Hauritz is bowling to me, it's like I'm bowling to myself.

Dec 14, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 12, 2009 Tweet | Share

I've never had a hat-trick at any level of cricket. I told everyone that. Straussy got everyone round the bat. I was desperate for it. It actually hurt. I was gutted.

Dec 11, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 11, 2009 Tweet | Share

The reality of life is that we have to up our game, because our competitors have upped their game. Cricket has gone from something that was as dull as ditchwater to something that is competition for F1.

Dec 10, 2009 Tweet | Share

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

Dec 10, 2009 Tweet | Share

Dysfunctional sides at times make the best sides

Dec 10, 2009 Tweet | Share

In the dressing room they told me I was hitting the good balls too, but if you look at it my way I hit only the bad ones.

Dec 6, 2009 Tweet | Share

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.

Dec 5, 2009 Tweet | Share

Do you think Andrew Hilditch would have done that?

Dec 3, 2009 Tweet | Share

Yesterday is history - his story. Tomorrow is mystery - my story

Dec 2, 2009 Tweet | Share

I like to be loud and obnoxious. I think that's just me and my profile: 'Doug's loud and obnoxious'.

Dec 1, 2009 Tweet | Share

Cricketers use protection when playing the game and it's the same in life as well

Dec 1, 2009 Tweet | Share

I am the batsman with the least talent in the team

Dec 1, 2009 Tweet | Share

Just rerun the tapes mate

Dec 1, 2009 Tweet | Share

Not me. I would have never done that. It's not my job.

Nov 27, 2009 Tweet | Share

I must be one of the most misunderstood cricketers in the world.

Nov 26, 2009 Tweet | Share

I'm quite proud of what he has done. He has made a big move over there. But once we get out there, we are not mates.

Nov 23, 2009 Tweet | Share

I've been calling Clarkey 'Daryll'. He's my new bunny.'

Nov 22, 2009 Tweet | Share

The other day, he was yelping around in training and we were saying 'come on Jacques - stop being a wuss' and 'man up!' But the poor guy had a fractured rib

Nov 21, 2009 Tweet | Share

A lot has been said, but not by me.

Nov 20, 2009 Tweet | Share

His Ashes form showed that he could do it at the top of the order. We'll continue to review what his role is in the side.

Nov 20, 2009 Tweet | Share

There was 'Hello Trotty' and 'How are you, Trotty?'. I saw one of our quick bowlers having lunch with him a couple of days before a game."

Nov 19, 2009 Tweet | Share

They should make Kapil a judge on Strictly Come Dancing

Nov 19, 2009 Tweet | Share

If it happens that I don't play cricket again I can walk away knowing I've given it my best.

Nov 17, 2009 Tweet | Share

This is the hardest work I have ever done. If I had trained as hard as I do now for my cricket, I would have been a much better cricketer.

Nov 14, 2009 Tweet | Share

We need to give our fans Elvis not Val Doonican in a cardigan, pipe and slippers.

Nov 13, 2009 Tweet | Share

It is greed, greed, greed. That is what will kill the game, the greed of the authorities.

Nov 13, 2009 Tweet | Share

I truly believe he is the greatest cricketer ever.

Nov 12, 2009 Tweet | Share

Until you have that really good world-class allrounder in your team, balance becomes really difficult. Shane gives us great balance.

Nov 12, 2009 Tweet | Share

There are a good number of marriage offers. I've lost count of the number.

Nov 11, 2009 Tweet | Share

When you've seen anyone from bloody Merv Hughes to Chris Cairns or somebody who has fired a ball down and it's just missed the outside edge and the camera's on him, well, Stevie Wonder can tell what he's saying.

Nov 10, 2009 Tweet | Share