Cricket cannot afford to throw up meaningless games before its benefactors, which is what spectators and television audiences are. – Harsha Bhogle
To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket. – Gagan Narang
I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is a blessing. – Harsha Bhogle
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. – G. M. Trevelyan
Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one. – Harold Larwood
Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field. – Harsha Bhogle
Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket. – Harsha Bhogle
During my years of professional cricket in England, I realised that although the Australians were talented players, tactically they were a bit naive when compared to those who played full-time on the English circuit. You might find this arrogant, but that was the reality then. – Glenn Turner
For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don’t have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies. – Harbhajan Singh
I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands. – Harbhajan Singh
For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams. – Hamish Bowles
For a long time, television said, ‘We won’t cover cricket unless you pay us to cover it.’ Then they said, ‘OK, the next rights are sold for 55 million dollars. The next rights are sold for 612 million dollars.’ So, it’s a bit of a curve, that. – Harsha Bhogle
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community. – Hansie Cronje
Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket? – Harbhajan Singh
Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life. – Harold Pinter
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator. – Harsha Bhogle
In India, kids need someone to look up to. They’ve got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others. – Ian Rush
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe. – Imran Khan
I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test. – Ian Botham
Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled. – Imran Khan
I did play other sports growing up. I played cricket and all those other things, but I was just so much more talented in golf, and that’s all I wanted to do. – Jason Day
Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession. – Ian Botham
I’ve always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket… I’m an outdoors kind of guy. – Jai Courtney
