“When I first joined Middlesex there was a big cards school which would start up when it rained with quite a lot of money going down … now with all the public schoolboys in the Middlesex team, they play Scrabble.”
Mark Ramprakash on how the off the field game has changed. May 2006
“I don’t think there’s a place for a coach in international cricket. Every player at this level knows exactly what to do. The only thing a coach does is to punch worthless data into a computer.”
Shane Warne – April 2006.
“I have been working a lot on my core strength but I still haven’t got the Brett Lee arse yet. If you have a look at Bichel, Kasprowicz, Lee and Flintoff – the powerful lads – they seem to have the big arse.”
Shane Harwood, Victorian paceman, on the next stage of his fitness programme. As Trueman used to say, “You need a big hammer..”
“England play spin like dogs playing guitars.”
Amit Varma February 2006, on the likelihood of India preparing turning tracks throughout the forthcoming series.
“People in glass houses shouldn’t walk around in the nude – we provided a poor pitch for Queensland.”
David Hookes November 2002, on the state of pitches in Australian domestic cricket.
