"If they [England] keep losing series, and winning dead rubbers, then I think Australia will thrash them. They will wipe the floor with them."
Shane Warne issues the first Ashes salvo

Oct 7, 2008

"Looks go after certain age. Besides, I am no Brad Pitt who wants an Angelina Jolie."
Harbhajan Singh is more for substance than style when it comes to a partner

Oct 6, 2008

"When spinners bowl 75% of the total overs, chances are more that you would lose wickets to them."
Ricky Ponting dismisses claims that Australia are vulnerable to spin

Oct 6, 2008

"I'm not going to be a TV commentator, I haven't got any plans to go to Australia."
There's nothing interesting in Michael Vaughan's life at the moment. Stay away tabloids

Oct 5, 2008

"It must be one of the most frustrating things for an international cricket coach knowing the judgment and opinions of others can significantly influence the success and failure of his job."
Let the coach pick the selectors, says Daryll Cullinan

Oct 5, 2008

"Unfortunately it isn't my time but I believe there is a reason for everything and maybe one day I will find out what it is. I can't think of it at the moment but that will all pan out."
Legspinner Bryce McGain gets philosophical about leaving the India tour because of injury

Oct 5, 2008

"I am Shah Rukh Khan, not BCCI."
Movie star Shah Rukh Khan responds to a question on whether Sourav Ganguly's selection for the Tests against Australia was some sort of a compromise

Oct 5, 2008

"People will go on about the Stanford series and the money that is on offer, but every single Englishman knows the Ashes series against Australia is the one to really win."
Steve Harmison singles out the big prize England are targeting in the coming 12 months

Oct 4, 2008

"I was cut up, hurt, stung, call it what you want."
Steve Harmison doesn't mince words while describing his exclusion from England's Test XI earlier in the year

Oct 4, 2008

"This team is definitely not vulnerable. It's quite the opposite. Teams that go into a series thinking they are invincible and unbeatable are the ones that are vulnerable."
John Buchanan, the former Australian coach, is not writing off the chances of the present lot against India

Oct 4, 2008

"Walking off after a big hundred to the applause is great, but sometimes there's a small part of me that feels a bit embarrassed."
Graeme Hick was not shy of scoring the runs, but the adulation did get to him at times

Oct 4, 2008

"Unfortunately my emotions come out - it's a gene I've been given by my mum. I can't help that. It happens when I'm watching TV programmes or my kids are doing something good. I look for a pair of dark shades. I'm not embarrassed."
Graeme Hick is not one who'll hide his sentiments

Oct 4, 2008

"It's my stock ball. I always try to bowl the wrong 'un."
Legspinner Piyush Chawla says his usual delivery spins from off towards leg

Oct 4, 2008

"Some of them (India's senior batsmen) are desperate to prolong their international lifespans, not just because they love the game but probably because of the endorsement deals available."
Quote-Unquote favourite Geoffrey Boycott fires his latest salvo

Oct 4, 2008

"I work as a bank officer back in Fiji and our team is made up of soldiers, a lecturer and a graphic designer."
Greg Browne, Fiji's No.7, on his side's variety as they prepare for the World Cricket League

Oct 3, 2008

"I am certainly not looking at the game [Board President's XI v Australians] too closely, because I know it will be a different Australian team that will walk in and play Test cricket."
India's coach Gary Kirsten knows better than to draw comfort from the Australians' discomfort in Hyderabad

Oct 3, 2008

"We don't mind the scrutiny. If it's done rubbishly, and the way it's being portrayed, it hurts. If it's respectful it doesn't matter; everybody is scrutinised."
Anil Kumble lays down some media guidelines

Oct 3, 2008

"It'll be like a Russian team making the final stages of the [UEFA] Champions League."
The women's World Cup next year won't be played during the English season, but surely things won't be as tough as Ebony Rainford-Brent makes them out to be

Oct 2, 2008

"Caddy is like a phoenix."
He's nearly 40, but Justin Langer believes his Somerset team-mate Andy Caddick can rediscover his best in 2009

Oct 2, 2008

"I'm really looking forward to the tournament, and they tell me there's a lot of trouble on the right on most of the holes at St Andrews, so I won't be looking for any drives over extra cover."
Shaun Pollock reveals his strategy for the Alfred Dunhill Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Oct 1, 2008