Pithy remarks and quotable quotes. Wordsworth takes the best statements of the week and packages them into one exciting feature. From quotes that help you delve further into the psyche of players to acerbic barbs from incensed cricketers to remarks that are just downright hilarious, we have them all. They may not quite be "from the mouths of babes and sucklings," but they are just as interesting.
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April 3rd week
Sachin is a great batsman, but we have the bowlers who can get
him out. I am sure he'll have his days on this tour. We just hope
he doesn't score too many. - Carl Hooper on Sachin Tendulkar.
We were a little concerned about Deep Dasgupta's keeping, but he
did well in the side match. His batting gives the team a lot of
balance. - Sourav Ganguly
Brian Lara is the one man we will all be looking to get out. We
know how hard it is to get his wicket, and we'll have to make
sure we give our best against him. - Zaheer Khan
We accommodated the Indians at all turns. It was they who said
they wanted the game. It was they who said the Guyana team could
take the first strike. After that, what they did while batting
was very disappointing. - Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana
Cricket Board, after the Indians batted negatively in a limited-
overs game.
Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar are the hardest batsmen to bowl
against, but the West Indian has troubled me more. - Muttiah
Muralitharan
It is a fact that people don't like change, and they are not
going to like this programme because it is not the same old
thing. So we have to change or perish, it is as obvious as that
- Wes Hall, president of the West Indies Cricket Board.
There has been a myth going around that the West Indian players
are strong technically. - West Indian coach Roger Harper
They are coming to win. - Sir Garfield Sobers on the touring Indians.
I have been desperate to make a hundred before my home crowd for
so long that, when the moment finally arrives, you can let
yourself go. - West Indies skipper Carl Hooper after making a
hundred in the first Test against India.