Twenty20 Cricket Quotes

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T20 in international cricket can almost be paid lip-service at times, with one game tagged on to the end of an ODI series or a long tour - sometimes it can feel like there is no point in playing it.

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

I'm looking forward to the new challenge that playing T20 cricket in England will bring.

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

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.

Being able to work with specialist coaches in Twenty20 cricket, I think my bowling has gone up another level.

T20 has become a longer and longer format of the game. It is more than four hours in a lot of parts of the world.

I've never been a massive advocate of international Twenty20 cricket except a World Cup every two or three years, because that gets the best players together.

When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.

As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.

T20 is an unpredictable format, so you cannot rule out any team's chances.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.

My biggest concern is that Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket are competing too much. They should be complementing each other and the more they clash the more damaging it will be for cricket.

I have to say that I have developed a real passion for Pakistan cricket.

In Twenty20 the less fear you play with the better you're going to do.

I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.

It really feels good that I am in both the ODI and T20 teams. My first aim is to perform for India. And when that gets appreciated, it is a validation that you have done well.

There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.

I remember playing a Twenty20 game in Australia in 2007 and Matthew Hayden smacked one back at me. My head goes down as I follow through and as I looked up I just saw this white flash pass about an inch from the side of my head. If it had been a touch straighter I would not have had time to react and who knows what could have happened.