Cricketing Quotes Of The Year 1996 (29 Dec 1996)

29 December 1996

Cricketing quotes of the year

"It was the most demanding tour I have ever been on."- SA Coach Bob Woolmer after returning from India.

"You don`t take a Rolls Royce for a service every day." - Pat Symcox explains why he missed an optional net.

"We ran out of steam." - Hansie Cronje after an illness-hit SA team lost their final ODI in Mumbai.

"It`s a case of polluted minds rather than pollution... I think it`s just an excuse for their defeat in the Test." - Sunil Dev responds to Australia`s complaints about air conditions in New Delhi.

"There should be minimum standards for international grounds, which should cover such things as practice facilities." - Bob Woolmer after encountering yet another sub-standard ground in India.

"We thrive on hard work and practice. It was impossible to do it here because there were no practice facilities." - Hansie Cronje after the first test against India in Ahmedabad.

"It`s nice to get a few wickets." -Lance Klusener after taking 8/56 in Calcutta, the 3rd best analysis on debut in Test history.

"He`s not quite the bowler he was." - Woolmer on why Fanie de Villiers was left out of the side for the Calcutta Test.

"It`s only in the dictionary that success comes before work." - Hansie Cronje.

"Unlike some Pakistanis they had birth certificates." _ Kailash Gattani, manager of the Indian team beaten by Pakistan in the final of the under-15 World Cup.

"It`s like getting colours at school." - Shaun Pollock after being awarded his county cap by Warwickshire.

"Promised net facilities were made unavailable to us at the last moment, pitches were prepared like national roads, top players were omitted by county sides, targets we set were not chased and hosts did not show up at cocktail parties." - South Africa "A" captain John Commins on the tour to England.

"If one of my batsmen takes 6 hours to get a century he won`t be playing in the next game." - Australian Academy director and former Test `keeper Rodney Marsh on the need for positive cricket.

"A lot of doubts were creeping in. I thought maybe this is the end of the road for me as a Test player." - Andrew Hudson reveals his thinking before his innings of 146 against India in Calcutta.

"He could show the youngsters how to roll a joint, but that`s about it." - Ian Chappel on Ian Botham`s England management ambitions.

"Cricket has become so competitive... some guys don`t walk unless they lose their car keys." - Test umpire Cyril Mitchley.

"Oh that`s marvellous, is it not? Daryll Cullinan has stroked himself right through the ball." - Commentator Barry Lambert at the KCA tournament.

"I said to him `If you get a ton against EP you`ll get in the test team.` " - Ken Rutherford on Adam Bacher.

"My dignity would be compromised if I carried on with this team." - Navjot Sidhu.

Source :: Sunday Times