Andrew Strauss Quotes

I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.

There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.

It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.

As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.

From an England point of view they have put money into white-ball cricket because our performances in World Cups has not been good enough, I understand the reasons for that. But we have to be careful not to go too one-day, we have to find a balance because there is such a legacy of Test cricket in this country and we can't lose that.

You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same.

Having to play Test matches for a month and then switch to T20s in five days is not easy, but that's the kind of challenge I love to face.

I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.

Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

If you are going to raise youngsters for Test cricket that don't have the experience, you can't stick them into T20. You've got to teach them first how to play Test cricket, and when they're good enough for Test cricket and if they want to play both formats, then they can.

Playing Test cricket for one's country is the ultimate, but people are enjoying Twenty20 format because everything will be over within three hours.

T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.

If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.

I have to say that I have developed a real passion for Pakistan cricket.

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

The atmosphere and the first days of Test matches against Australia are incredible.

I think the more common players who have been around for a while - Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad - those guys I know of, they're fantastic players.

Time has never really been an issue in Test cricket, especially in the modern game where things naturally move quicker than they have in the past.

When I was a kid, Test was the form of the game everybody wanted to watch.

It is the ultimate test. It's every cricketer's dream to play Test cricket. I'm eagerly waiting for my opportunity to represent my country in whites also.