Joe Root Quotes

The great all-rounders were not considered part-timers in one particular department. They could turn games at any stage and on any surface.

The great thing about T20 is that it only takes one performance. One piece of individual brilliance can win a game and that can change the whole way you approach a tournament.

Xherdan Shaqiri is a player who can make the difference because he can decide games on his own.

What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open.

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

It is scary when bowling how hard batsmen hit it now.

In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.

Ultimately, the one who scores the winning run is a finisher, irrespective of whether he's an opening batsman or No 11. What matters is how much you are contributing. If you can win matches for your team, you are a finisher.

If I can be number one in the world without power hitting, then I don't need power hitting. But when I need to, I utilise it well.

Tillakaratne Dilshan is innovative and scores quickly, while Upul Tharanga is neat and well organised - and left handed.

For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

I think my mindset and my approach is to hit the ball hard, whether it be first pitch or work the count.

Messi plays in Spain, we know he makes a difference, but if you've played against him then maybe you're aware of situations that can repeat on the pitch. But Messi is Messi, with his talent, he may send a spark with very little and make the difference. He is unpredictable.

I never thought in my dreams that I would score fifty in One-dayers: not fifty but match-winning knock because One-Day is a kind of format which doesn't suit my batting, as I am not the kind of batsman who can hit big sixes.

Nothing is easy, but it's definitely great to have a guy who can shoot from anywhere.

I have always liked to attack the bowlers, and batting is all about getting runs.

With my size and length I can affect the game in a lot of ways.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes off the bench, he can change a game, and that's a quality that is undervalued in football. Not everybody has that quality.

Runs are runs, even if they are coming off playing cut shots or in front, but it's not like T20 can only be played with big shots.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.