Quotes Log - Mar. 18 - Mar. 24

Friday, March 21, 2003:::

"I don't know what it is. I might have been eating fertiliser. My brain's grown a bit. I don't know what's happened," Andrew Symonds, after his match-winning innings against Sri Lanka
Source: Foxsports, Australia

"Andy Bichel. He is my man of the series. To me, the guy who has made all the difference after the injuries Australia have had has been Bichel," Bob Woolmer, former South African coach
Source: The Independent, South Africa

"I haven't come across anyone who plays the charge pull so well. Normally when someone charges you react and dig it in short at the body but he just hit it for miles," New Zealand medium-pacer Jacob Oram, on Canada's John Davison
Source: stuff.co.nz

"To me Adam Gilchrist is the best batsman in the world not because he has got the most runs but because he plays the game I like to watch," Barry Richards, South African batting legend
Source: Rediff.com

"Gilly has opened up a Pandora's Box. We are starting to become the morality police. The biggest thing for Gilly now is whether he will do this consistently. His reputation will be torn to bits if he doesn't," Former Australian batsman Dean Jones, on Adam Gilchrist wallking despite umpire Rudi Koertzen giving him not out in the semi-final against Sri Lanka
Source: The Daily Telegraph, Australia

posted at 4:01 p.m. IST

Tuesday, March 18, 2003:::

"The stand I took earlier in the World Cup has undoubtedly had repercussions that have affected both my career and my personal life. I have received threatening e-mails which, I believe, make it dangerous for me to return to Zimbabwe," Zimbabwe's Henry Olonga, while announcing his retirement from international cricket
Source: Sunday Telegraph, UK

"I've been very surprised by the lack of pace in South Africa's pitches. Once the new ball has lost its hardness, only Wanderers has offered decent carry," Michael Bevan
Source: The Guardian, UK

"This has been unbelievable and maybe one day it will all sink in. But that win against the West Indies (in the 1996 World Cup) was more special. It was our first real victory in a one-day international and it came against our childhood heroes," Kenya new-ball bowler Martin Suji
Source: BBC, UK

"I didn't want to step down but they asked me to. I've called the new captain and assured him of my full support," Axed South African skipper Shaun Pollock
Source: Ananova.com

posted at 2:31 p.m. IST