Cricket History Quotes

When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad spring to mind.

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we'd played a few more Test matches.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

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

When we used to play, we thought no one can break Sunil Gavaskar's record. No one could think about 50 Test centuries at that time. This is certainly a big knock under the circumstances, better than the 200s and 300s.

Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.

I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer.

Back in 2006-07 when we completed the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years, the historical significance didn't really filter in to our thinking. We didn't realise it at the time - we were just making amends for 2005.

I am thankful that I played the game at a time when the West Indies climbed to heights that have never been repeated.

One of the things about the six sixes, which really comes over me every time somebody asks a question or says to me, 'I've just seen them,' or people always ask me about it... It makes me feel that's the only thing I've ever done in the history of cricket.

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.

I heard a lot about Ian Botham's Ashes, in 1981. Everybody still talks about his performance.

I understand cricket - what's going on, the scoring - but I can't understand why.

The contribution of Anthony William Greig to English cricket has been underestimated because of his allegiance to Kerry Packer and his choice to recruit players for World Series Cricket while still the England captain. His critics hold that as a black mark against him, which rules out anything else he may have done.

This is a moment I will cherish forever... the first man to score 500 runs.

Innovation grabs the attention. You go back through the history of cricket and there are certain moments in time that grab you. Kevin Pietersen's flamingo shot was one of those.

Congratulations to Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person ever to score 50 test hundreds, absolute superstar

You know there is something a little bit special about an Ashes.

I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.

The Oval 2018 was one of the most extraordinary Tests I've been involved with.

Lord's is such a special place and to get my first and now my 500th wickets here is something that will live with me for a long time.

Village cricket spread fast through the land.

I want to captain England in more Tests than anyone else.

I first got into cricket by watching Test matches on TV and listening to overseas tours on the radio. The sport really grabbed me - and it didn't matter that England weren't hugely successful back then.

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to do with cricket.