"Craig McDermott, Billy the Kid, was a brilliant bowler, someone I loved watching steam in as a youngster when I was glued to the TV set. To think I'm level with him is pretty amazing but pretty special."
Brett Lee enters the second Test in equal-fourth place on Australia's wicket-taking list with 291

Oct 15, 2008

"They just count to six - that's the only job left for them."
Dickie Bird reflects on the role of the umpire in light of the new review system

Oct 15, 2008

"What has also been somewhat unexpected is the way the Indian media seems to have delighted in analysing and sensationalising every little action, remark or gesture."
Anil Kumble is not too pleased with the media hype around the India-Australia series

Oct 15, 2008

"I was not feeling the heat when Tamim [Iqbal] was flaying the opponents. I still endured the heat with [Mohammad] Ashraful at the wicket. But the moment he was out I suddenly started to feel the painful rays from the sun from the west."
The capacity to withstand oppressive conditions is directly proportional to his team's performance on the field, a Bangladesh fan reveals

Oct 15, 2008

"I have never seen an Australian team play such defensive cricket - which is a good thing for us."
Fresh from his Man-of-the-Match performance in the Bangalore Test, Zaheer Khan fires a salvo against Australia

Oct 13, 2008

"There used to be a bloke who gave himself out by walking when he'd hit the ball. The popularity of that within his team-mates may be shown by the fact that since his retirement, they no longer reply to any emails, phone calls or text messages."
Adam Gilchrist gives a tongue-in-cheek response to his own philosophy of 'walking'

Oct 12, 2008

When I see Matthew Prior in the team I think 'Are you serious?'.
Shane Warne can't trust the skills of England's first-choice wicketkeeper

Oct 11, 2008

"I'm not Jerry Maguire."
Stephen Fleming explains his new profession is much more than just being a sports agent

Oct 11, 2008

"I'll probably just take as much as possible off my mortgage or maybe put it under the bed - that's where money is safest at the moment!"
Paul Collingwood could be sleeping over US$1 million if England win the Stanford 20/20 for 20

Oct 10, 2008

"I will definitely answer him after the series is over. He will get more than what he has asked for."
Dilip Vengsarkar gives Sourav Ganguly the silent treatment, for now

Oct 10, 2008

"Got no interest in going back to play cricket for Australia. None whatsoever."
At least one thing is for certain in Shane Warne's future plans

Oct 10, 2008

"This is a bizarre concept. I find it a strange one. I don't know quite what to make of it but I'm sure I could put the money to a good home if we win!"
Andrew Flintoff is quite amused by the Stanford 20/20 for 20 and the US$20 million on offer

Oct 10, 2008

"At night I'd lie there and go 'S***, when am I going to see my kids?' There were times I'd sit there and drink my mini bar until three in the morning just to get to sleep... I cried a fair bit when I was by myself.'"
Shane Warne talks of how he felt after his divorce in 2005

Oct 10, 2008

"I am God's favourite son, he has given me all."
Harbhajan Singh thinks he's truly blessed

Oct 10, 2008

"My name is Harbhajan Singh and I want to be addressed as Harbhajan Singh."
Harbhajan Singh makes it clear that he is not too fond of being called "Turbanator"

Oct 10, 2008

"The actual cricket is quite unimportant, apart from financially. Of course, money does talk and a lot of the players are excited about playing it but in terms of cricket, we know it's not that important."
Alastair Cook says what everyone pretty much knew ... that the Stanford 20/20 for 20 is little more than a means to make a quick buck

Oct 10, 2008

"By saying all these things, he has not helped himself and I don't think he has helped the harmony in the dressing room. All that he had to say, he could have said that after the series was over."
Sunil Gavaskar criticises the timing of Sourav Ganguly's outburst on the humiliation of being dropped

Oct 10, 2008

"They know what kind of skipper I am: no nonsense and no mediocrity."
Kevin Pietersen makes it clear he's here to stay as England captain

Oct 10, 2008

"I ask myself 'What am I?' I don't know what to say. So I end up putting 'businessman'. Sometimes I put 'ex-sportsman'. But 'businessman' seems to fit most of the time."
Shane Warne facing an identity crisis?

Oct 9, 2008

"The old BCCI site looks like it was banged together in an hour by a teenage slacker between puffs on a bong."
High praise for the design of the Indian board's old website on a Guardian blog

Oct 9, 2008