Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed.
John Fowles
When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness I thought was a German until he cricketed. We threw our arms around each other, and from that moment I knew we had won the war.
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw
He has been playing club cricket at home and he has been batting and bowling, so he is fine.
Michael Tissera
It was good to see the boys playing good cricket and it was really good for the confidence of the boys before we play Australia.
Sanath Jayasuriya
We're simply interested in playing good cricket.
Ravikant Shukla
Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life.
John Arlott
The attitude is right so they are adapting very quickly and we are delighted with the way the cricket has been going.
Jimmy Adams
Bangladesh bowled well -- added with some bad cricket from us.
Tatenda Taibu
I'm at a loss for words. That is my best moment in cricket by far.
Mark Boucher
Chris Cairns was not selected due to issues with his cricket fitness.
John Bracewell
He will be considered for a return to international cricket later in the summer.
John Bracewell
He has done well in domestic cricket and has experience as well.
Kiran More
In no other game does the law of averages get to work so potently, so mysteriously [on cricket].
Neville Cardus
The thing I can't believe is they must have rigged the voting, how can you keep up with him, Mr Cricket.
Andrew Symonds
We are at loggerheads with Australia and the International Cricket Council is aware of it.
Gerald Majola
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
G. M. Trevelyan
The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.
Ian Botham
Sri Lanka is probably playing the better cricket at this point than South Africa.
Michael Hussey
If the Australians can't respect good cricket they don't deserve to see the best in action.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Gillespie ... was asked to go back to domestic cricket and find some form.
Geoff Lawson
Cricket has changed for the better ... it's because of what happened then, cricket is so strong now.
Richie Benaud
It's important for world cricket that we don't fall too far behind the top nations.
Heath Streak
There is no place in Australian cricket for racism, whether it be on or off the field.
Peter Young
We will talk with the officials of Pakistan's government and the cricket board.
Yashovardhan Azad
We don?t get enough chance to play international cricket.
Steve Tikolo
We spoke about his love for cricket and what cricket does to influence the world.
Brian Lara
. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .
Martha Washington
Sends a message that cricket is alive and well in the Caribbean.
Baldwin Spencer
You must be joking. We never talk cricket when we get together.
Vinod Kambli
You're 30, you know cricket isn't the be-all and end-all. You're probably educated and know there is life away from cricket.
Colin Miller
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
Hansie Cronje
He has made a great contribution to Indian cricket.
Yuvraj Singh
We've got a lot of cricket coming up this year, personally I'm looking forward to it.
Geraint Jones
For Indian cricket, I am always ready to assist in whatever way I can.
Sunil Gavaskar
Say it loud, we're cricket lovers and proud.
Trafalgar Square
It's much bigger than a cricket story.
Hansie Cronje
We don't get enough chance to play international cricket.
Stephen Tikolo
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan
This is a major boost for Irish cricket both in the context of the team and our supporters.
Peter Thompson
The era of a dominant team in test cricket is probably at and end.
Mark Waugh
They don't seem to have the hunger normally associated with Australian cricket sides.
Steve Waugh
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