Test Match Cricket Quotes

Test match cricket - it's the most boring thing to watch. How they call themselves sportsmen I'll never know.

When you go to Australia you are always asked whether you can perform in hostile environments against high pace and every Australian side I have played against has had guys bowling over 90mph.

Roland-Jones is a good, old-fashioned English seamer. He's not especially quick, but he pitches the ball up and swings it away, which is always dangerous.

I hope that there can be a solution where T20 is still a huge part of the game, especially if young guys today understand what a Test match is all about. To me, you have to learn the game from the grass-roots and then reach the next stage where you can be explosive.

I would say T20 cricket has introduced a more positive attitude in players and led to Tests also being played more aggressively and being more result oriented.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that the South African bowling attack is exceptionally good.

In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.

The IPL is a different ball game. Going there and playing in England against England is a different thing.