England Cricket Team Quotes

I remember my England debut, in 2002. It came in Jersey, in a triangular tournament with New Zealand and India. To say that it did not generate great local interest is putting it mildly: our first game, against India, attracted a handful of spectators.

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.

When we get to the third and fourth generation immigrant families and beyond there will be more England supporters among them, maybe even the majority. I have had British Asians tell me they support England because of me or Adil Rashid and that's great to hear.

From the age of six I used to watch every England team and when I was messing around in the backyard I would pretend to be whoever was scoring runs at the time, whether they were a right or left-hander. I just wanted to be them and do that.

When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket.

In 2014, my first year as an England player, I got booed by some India fans at Edgbaston every time the ball went near me.

Above all, I want to captain England in more Test victories than anybody else.

When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some people called the bits-and-pieces to the best batsmen and bowlers.

I love the multi-format series. Within it they've found a way to retain Test matches and England v Australia in the Test arena, they were always my favourite matches to play in.

Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players but I felt that in some areas of international cricket he is a little bit exposed, around tactics and strategy.

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

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

England has some very good cricketers. And don't rule West Indies out. They have some explosive players.

Ultimately we're playing cricket and we want guys who will score runs and take catches to help England win.

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 playing England. The teas at Lord's are good quality.

It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my longevity.

My dream was always to play for England, having grown up in the U.K. Playing India as part of my first test match was a coincidence, and it was never an issue. My job was to do a good job for England!

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push myself above and beyond.

Harmy is a class bowler and I think he's one of the main reasons why England have improved over the last 18 months.

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.

The best player I've played with would be Graeme Swann, just because he's proved that regular finger-spinners can take wickets in international cricket for England.