Sourav Ganguly Quotes

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

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

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

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

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

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

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.

Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.

I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.

There is nothing quite like an Ashes trip Down Under.

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.

I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

My dream is to play Test cricket.

I am trying to take my ODI confidence to Test cricket.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing.

Representing England has always been a privilege and my decision to take a break from Test cricket at the end of the home summer was made to ensure that, hopefully, I can do it for a lot longer.

I love to play Test cricket; it's the main cricket.

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.

For me Test cricket is the ultimate.

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.

I have never played a Test match at the Eden... It's such a big shame and disappointment.