“There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.”
Andrew Flintoff
“Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen”
Robert Mugabe
“We can go out and play instinctive cricket with the pressure off.”
Ricky Ponting
“We have had no discussions on Sri Lanka, ... We're here to play cricket. We're not here to talk about these things. There are other people who will decide.”
Michael Vaughan
“Cricket highlights are one of the jewels in our crown and will play a big part in our continued development as a broadcaster. We are planning to invest significantly behind them, while the cross-media promotional benefits of our deal with the Telegraph offer a unique opportunity to deliver something innovative and heavyweight.”
Jonathan Lewis
“For 18 months the ICC have been consistently reviewing the role that Twenty20 cricket could play internationally, and this response indicates there is strong interest from many parts of the cricket world in this type of event.”
Malcolm Speed
“To come to India, a country where people are so knowledgeable about cricket, to play in front of such crowds, receive the hospitality, it's been amazing.”