Dec 30, 2011

"We actually want to thank Kepler Wessels. He gave us the motivation."

Tillakaratne Dilshan responds to Wessels' pre-series jibe that even an A team can beat Sri Lanka

Dec 29, 2011

Maybe it's a case of two more bricks in the wall to fill that hole

Ian Chappell does not think Rahul Dravid getting bowled three times in a Test quite befits his nickname

Dec 26, 2011

A lot of fuss made over a five dollar bit of cloth.

Former Australia captain and current television commentator, Ian Chappell, on the baggy green

Dec 24, 2011

Ed's a great fella and obviously a very good author. But I won't be reading his book.

Michael Clarke on Ed Cowan, who will debut against India on Boxing Day

Dec 19, 2011

If I play my third Test after seven years then my career's over

Nazmul Hossain, who made a Test comeback for the first time since 2004, hopes he wouldn't have to wait an eternity for his next Test

Dec 18, 2011

There are a few of us who have been hit on the head and who wish we can bowl fast. Jakes is blessed that he can do both.

Graeme Smith is in awe of Jacques Kallis' ability to come back from a knock on the head, to bounce the bowler who hit him

Dec 18, 2011

I'll probably give him a cuddle and a kiss goodnight ... [Tampering with his alarm] would be tampering with my own alarm, we are literally sleeping 30cm apart from each other.

Ed Cowan, who will be sharing an hotel room with Phil Hughes during their three-day game against the Indians. Both are fighting for the opener's slot for Boxing Day

Dec 16, 2011

It's a difficult one. I think ... I think it's err ... I think, I don't know what I think really.

Michael Hussey on the scheduling of the Big Bash League during Australia's Test series against India

Dec 15, 2011

I do not like swimming or going in the water, but I will be there posing. I have been looking after my body, so I have a lot to offer by posing.

Chris Gayle voices his interest in the Sydney Thunder's promotional activities on Bondi Beach during the Big Bash League

Dec 15, 2011

Well, like a few, creaking Terminators, we're back. Older, wiser and I hope improved

Rahul Dravid on his and Sachin Tendulkar's return to Australia when many thought the 2007-08 tour would be their last

Dec 12, 2011

If P Hughes is shaving tomorrow and gets a nick, M Guptill will appear from the medicine cabinet with a band-aid.

ABC radio commentator Kerry O'Keeffe, after Phillip Hughes is caught by Martin Guptill off Chris Martin for the fourth time in four innings

Dec 10, 2011

The reason is very simple: I don't really speak nonsense.

Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez explains why he is nicknamed 'the professor'

Dec 09, 2011

Disappointed to hear I'm probably the only New Zealand cricketer to score a hundred today.

Scott Styris tweets from the golf course, as New Zealand fold for 150 against Australia in Hobart

Dec 08, 2011

I'm an old man and my back and glutes are tight.

Virender Sehwag is understandably a little tired after his record-breaking ODI double-century

Dec 04, 2011

I'd love him to be in the team.

Ross Taylor barracks for Phillip Hughes' further inclusion in the Australian Test side. Hughes scored 10 and 7 in Australia's nine-wicket win over new Zealand at Gabba. Taylor managed 14 and 0

Dec 04, 2011

"They (the Australians) are better at playing mind games than they are at playing the game."

Ishant Sharma's advice to fellow fast bowlers Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron

Dec 02, 2011

We have some seriously good players at the moment, shining in Tests. The chances of them being around in 2017 is zero.

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC CEO, is disappointed that some players who've made Tests exciting won't be playing the Test Championship in six years from now

Dec 02, 2011

If you could buy luck in a corner store, I'd throw my life savings at it

Queensland fast bowler Ben Cutting on Twitter after getting injured during a Sheffield Shield game against Victoria

Dec 01, 2011

I haven't seen him since what he said, but my number hasn't changed.

Brad Haddin suggests Ian Healy talk to him directly about his keeping, rather than talking to the media