Cricket is a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.
Cricket has more in it than mere efficiency. It is a passion; it is India's romance.
As far as I'm concerned, cricket has always been a team sport. So, we've got to play together as a team.
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
Cricket, like all sports, has the power to unite people and build community.
Cricket is a game of giants, not pygmies.
To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.
I've always had a huge passion for cricket and I think there's a kind of poetry about it.
Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
You don't win or lose the games because of the 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.
Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun.
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match, the pressure is doubled.
Cricket is the greatest thing God ever created on earth, certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
You cannot have a cricket team that is divided into cliques and survive. It is the team that makes the individual.