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.

August 4th week

"We'll look at his (Flintoff) condition at the end of the Test and take it on a match-by-match basis, but he's probably taken on being the talisman of the side from Darren Gough and is a difficult man to replace," David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, on Andrew Flintoff.

"Nehra has a lot of ability but somehow has not been able to get it right so far. All our support is with him because we know he can do a lot more with the ball, and Headingley could be a good place for him to show his class," Sourav Ganguly

"Another development I'd like to see is an increase in the number of bowling all-rounders. England need one in Test and one-day cricket, where the benchmark has to be Shaun Pollock of South Africa," Nasser Hussain.

"For me it is like building a house. When I arrived there weren't even foundations let alone walls. Now I genuinely believe that we are close to putting on the roof," England coach Duncan Fletcher on how his team has come on in recent years

"The record at Headingley over the years has been good. I think we are second to London," Yorkshire chairman Geoff Cope while dismissing suggestions that the famous ground might soon lose its status as a Test venue

"We are delighted to have secured the services of one of the world's leading spin bowlers. Hopefully his talents will be the perfect foil for our crop of very promising young pace bowlers," Lancashire Cricket Manager Mike Watkinson after securing Harbhajan Singh's services for the 2003 county season

"There have been a lot of injuries, but it's given young players an opportunity to come in. Simon Jones has bowled well and had a taste of it now and (Steve) Harmison has also done well. They both know about the rigours of Test cricket now - and they know the work they have to put in," Andrew Caddick

"I have seen this problem with Sachin these days, and especially in Antigua; he doesn't looked as relaxed as he used to at the crease. That I feel, in my mind, is because, maybe, he is getting close to some milestones. The freedom he used to play with is not there anymore," Viv Richards on Sachin Tendulkar