“The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.”
Ian Botham
“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've been learning throughout the Test match and understanding a bit more about how people play their cricket, ... Obviously, Steve and I know the best way for each other to perform, but the other lads are a bit of a mix and match.”
Andrew Flintoff
“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
“We need to put the system in place that they can play cricket on Saturdays. I think they should be representing clubs and not the schools on the weekend.”
Roddy Estwick
“There are about 40 or 50 boys in the school system that can play Division 1 cricket but there is only one team (Barbados Youth) playing at that level.”