Cricket Challenges Quotes

The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.

South African cricket, we're pretty resilient.

Bowling in sub-continental conditions is not easy for a fast bowler. You have to be consistent and persistent to succeed, especially when you are bowling to the likes of Sangakkara, Mahela, Samaraweera, and Dilshan.

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

No. 7 is not an easy position. The way you play is dictated by the pace of the game and you have to try to get quick runs. Even top players like Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes find it hard.

As a fast bowler if you're not going to bowl well on a Perth wicket you're going to struggle in Australia.

Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you keep asking them to run in again on a flat wicket, when partnerships get away from you, especially at the tail, which is one of the big differences in the modern game.

I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much.

Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.

I was always really worried about the conditions in India, especially with a group of young players. You can sit and you can tell players what it's like to play there, but until you've experienced it, you don't comprehend it.

From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner - even for a fast bowler, that holds true.

Opening the batting in Test cricket, facing up to fast bowlers looking to do their worst with a new, hard ball is incredibly tough. You have to be brave, single-minded and prepared to work very, very hard.

It happens with every batsman; sometimes, despite feeling good in the nets, you don't score runs in the match.

I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game.

Test cricket tests you physically and skill-wise, but also mentally. And you have to be solid on all three to do well.

White ball cricket can be taxing on bowlers and can be a distraction for a youngster, too.

International cricket and Test cricket in particular is hard and you are going to get injuries but, if you've got a strong pool of players to pick from who can all come in and do a job, well that can only be a good thing for English cricket.

I was scared of facing only one bowler - that was Muttiah Muralitharan.

It's always tough for a spinner to bowl against India.

Until we can get people who are willing to play for West Indies in the right way, I think that we're going to be struggling for a long time.

It is a big challenge as a spinner to play modern day cricket, where you have to have five players in the circle.

As an international batsman, I have to come out to bat under any situation. Sometimes a platform has been laid; on others, we have to build one. That's part of our job, and that's why international cricket is so challenging.

I played in Sri Lanka, so I know how hard it is to come here and win. The weather is baking hot and the conditions are alien to English cricketers.