When Pakistan beat England at cricket, my Pakistani cousins remind me how English and British I am. When they say, 'You're one of the Queen's advisers,' for them it's, 'Wow - anything's possible in the U.K.'
Sadiq Khan
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I have this magpie instinct for the next glittering object. There are one or two things I know I can't write about, though: DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor.
Simon Schama
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There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
Rahul Dravid
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Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball.
Rohit Sharma
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
Kapil Dev
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I think Bollywood and cricket go hand in hand. Glamour attracts glamour. Cricket has become a very glamorous game now.
Mohammad Azharuddin
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No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.
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I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so than soccer.
Joseph O'Neill
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My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.
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My dad talks about the times when we'd play backyard cricket: If I got bowled out, I'd just refuse to let go of the bat and swing it at anyone who tried to take it away from me. I like to think that's been tempered a bit over the years.
Chris Hemsworth
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Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
Imran Khan
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I wish I was a great cricket player, but I am not.
Punit Renjen
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In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
Ian Rush
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Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.
Suresh Raina
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
Harbhajan Singh
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I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.
Shane Warne
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
Harold Pinter
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If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket.
Sharad Pawar
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The face of the team are the people who're playing on the cricket field. The team is not about one individual.
Gautam Gambhir
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How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I'm out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.
Ricky Ponting
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I am very insecure because that's how I have played cricket. Since Under-14, I was told, 'If you don't perform, you will be dropped.' I have started living with this system.
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Spirit of cricket is not about just the guidelines provided.
MS Dhoni
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I never thought of starting a cricket academy because every second person is starting a cricket academy.
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Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.
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