Welcome to our curated collection of Cricket Quotes, a testament to the enduring spirit, passion, and allure of one of the world’s most beloved sports. Cricket, with its rich history spanning centuries and its global appeal, has inspired countless players, fans, and enthusiasts alike. From the iconic words of cricketing legends to the insightful musings of commentators and aficionados, the quotes gathered here encapsulate the essence of cricket – its excitement, its drama, and its profound impact on cultures around the world.
Whether you’re a seasoned player, an ardent supporter, or someone simply intrigued by the game, these quotes offer a glimpse into the profound emotions and experiences that cricket evokes. From moments of triumph to tales of resilience, from the camaraderie shared among teammates to the unwavering loyalty of fans, cricket has the power to unite people across boundaries and generations.
Cricket is my passion; it is my first love. So I will not act in my movies, as they will just be a side business for me. Harbhajan Singh
There is an amazing craze for cricket in India. Shahid Afridi
Cricket is just something that I am good at, just like various people are good at various things. What’s lucky is that cricket gets enormous publicity. Rahul Dravid
When I played cricket for the West Indies, I never worried. I never really watched anyone else. I had a job to do, and I tried to do it to the best of my ability. Garfield Sobers
I was a kid who loved to read. I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn’t have one favorite book. I had lots of favorite books: ‘The Borrowers’ by Mary Norton, ‘Paddington’ by Michael Bond, ‘A Little Princess’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett, ‘Stuart Little’ by EB White, ‘A Cricket in Times Square,’ all the Beverly Cleary books. Kate DiCamillo
I’d always had this romantic idea, ever since I’ve been writing scripts, that I would travel one day and pull up stumps, as we say in Australia. It’s a cricket reference. You can Google it. Pull up stumps in some country like Italy or Spain and do my little Truman Capote thing. Leigh Whannell
An Australian prime minister once said that his job was the second most important job in the country – behind being captain of the cricket team. It’s not a job you take on lightly. Glenn McGrath
In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don’t have control over that as a cricketer. Rahul Dravid
If you keep winning, people will stay glued to our cricket. Mithali Raj
I don’t like discussing cricket off the field. MS Dhoni
I have always enjoyed my cricket, be it home or abroad. Ravichandran Ashwin
If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There’s no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country. MS Dhoni
An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket. James Anderson
As long as I value what I have and respect my cricket, I know I am on the right path. Ajinkya Rahane
Cricket and tennis are very different skill sets, but I’ve played tennis all my life, so it’s a lot easier coming back than learning how to face a cricket ball for the first time. Ashleigh Barty
Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money. Alastair Cook
Badminton is not as glamorous as cricket. Saina Nehwal
Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket? Harbhajan Singh
In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class. Garfield Sobers
We’ve just got to be careful – with all sports, let alone cricket – I think there’s so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport. Shane Warne
No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win. Virat Kohli
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump. Murray Walker
Cricket the world over, I don’t think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer. Tony Greig
The more you win, the brand of women’s cricket will go higher. Mithali Raj
My brother shaved a cricket bat out of a coconut branch… we played cricket with anything we put our hands on – a hard orange, a lime, a marble – anything we could use in the backyard or the streets. Brian Lara
I understand cricket – what’s going on, the scoring – but I can’t understand why. Bill Bryson
When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor’s fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions. Ajith Kumar
Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away. Richie Benaud
I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it’s a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there. Sachin Tendulkar
Spirit of cricket is not about just the guidelines provided. MS Dhoni
Cricket is my first love. Yohan Blake
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests. Suresh Raina
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton. Malala Yousafzai
To me, it doesn’t matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win. Ian Botham
And I don’t watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test? Thierry Henry
The problem is there’s still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I’m also a kid and maybe I need to grow up… And maybe I don’t. Shane Warne
That’s cricket. Some days are good, some are bad. No one is going to be amazing all the time. Sometimes I feel it’s not a fair world – really and truly. Jofra Archer
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people’s ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That’s the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. Rahul Dravid
Nothing happens in cricket, ever. Even the highlights resemble a freeze frame. Charlie Brooker
Cricket is not gender biased. It isn’t that men’s cricket is different and women’s a different one. Mithali Raj
One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. MS Dhoni
A lot of wasted energy in my life has been spent on sorting out problems and issues at Yorkshire cricket. Of course, I know I made mistakes along the way, but I care passionately about the club – I always have done and always will. Geoffrey Boycott
I don’t think age matters. In cricket, if you have the skill, you can go on playing. Dale Steyn
The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison. Virat Kohli
For me, David Warner isn’t just the future of Australian batting, he’s the future for cricket in general because he can excel in any form of the game. I’m excited just watching him. Fidel Edwards
I’m a standup comedian who can’t drive. I have never learned. I don’t trust my hand-eye coordination. You’re looking at someone who once dropped a cricket ball on to his own head during a routine catching practice; I don’t think it’s a great idea to have me in control of a high-speed metal death robot. Nish Kumar
I was given a talent to play cricket. I don’t know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day. Rahul Dravid
I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself. Sachin Tendulkar
When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench… you know… cleaning Sir Vivian Richards’s boots or doing something… getting ready to play international cricket. Brian Lara
Indian cricketers need more exposure, and as cricket administrators, we need to beef up the domestic circuit. Only then will fresh talent come up. Sharad Pawar
With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden. Brian Lara
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket. Virat Kohli
If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden. Kapil Dev
I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket. Virat Kohli
Village cricket spread fast through the land. G. M. Trevelyan
Laziness isn’t merely a physical phenomenon,about being a couch potato,stuffing your face with fries and watching cricket all day. It’s a mental thing, too, and that’s the part I have never aspired for. Shah Rukh Khan
The Sydney Cricket Ground is my favourite ground in the world, my home ground, and growing up in the bush all I wanted was to play at the SCG. Glenn McGrath
Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. Steve Waugh
To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play. Shane Warne
I play a lot of cricket. I just want to play, play, and play. S. Sreesanth
Cricket is very simple… you play till you can sustain. Kapil Dev
Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people’s faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are. MS Dhoni
Throughout my career, in cricket and beyond, I’ve been incredibly lucky with my marriage. I met Rachael in 2002, and that was the year my England career kicked on. Everything started to click. Andrew Flintoff
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
Cricket is basically baseball on valium. Robin Williams
I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted. Ayushmann Khurrana
I know the International Cricket Council are very strict about what you are allowed to do and what looks good on TV, but you can’t let that take away from your natural game. Stuart Broad
Cricket is such a sport that you get to learn something from someone every day. Ravindra Jadeja
I have always loved cricket since childhood. Nani
I always breathe cricket. Kapil Dev
Throughout Yorkshire’s history, the committee had not been known for its visionary approach. They just assumed that because Yorkshire had been fantastic in the past, and the county was full of kids wanting to play cricket, everything would be okay. Geoffrey Boycott
I am fully aware that cricket is like a second religion in Pakistan. AB de Villiers
I’m a big sports fan. Football. Cricket. Danny Boyle
I’m a sports lover. Not just cricket – I play badminton and football, too. When I get some time off, I prefer to play sports rather than working out. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman. Prince Philip
In white-ball cricket, things are different – over there, you outsmart the batsman, and over here in Test cricket, it’s all about patience and consistency. Jasprit Bumrah
Adjusting to life without cricket hasn’t been very tough. Inzamam-ul-Haq
I announced my retirement from international cricket in May 2018 because I wanted to reduce my workload and spend more time with my wife and young sons. Some have insisted I was motivated purely by money. They are wrong. AB de Villiers
I was attracted to cricket at a very young age. My father’s elder brother Akram Siddiq saw the passion for cricket in me, so he pushed me, and then another uncle – father of Kamran, Umar, and Adnan Akmal – advised my father to work hard on me, as he thought that I will make it big in cricket. Babar Azam
Cricket is a team game. If you want fame for yourself, go play an individual game. Gautam Gambhir
Aggressive cricket is a form of cricket where you play to win. Ravi Shastri
Cricket’s in the blood – my dad loves it and my brother Simon played for Middlesex before becoming a radio and TV cricket commentator. Bettany Hughes
I can’t leave cricket. It is my passion. Inzamam-ul-Haq
Life without cricket was initially harder for my dad than playing the game for Yorkshire and England had ever been. He missed it, and also the adrenaline pump of a performance. Jonny Bairstow
But eventually it is a game of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar
Nothing is easy in cricket. Maybe when you watch it on TV, it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball. Rohit Sharma
I’m proud of what I’ve achieved in cricket, as once I didn’t think I was good enough. Shane Warne
Nobody wants to really play bad cricket. MS Dhoni
My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me. Suresh Raina
The beauty of Test cricket is all about playing an opponent in their backyard or defending home turf under challenging conditions over five days – dominating each session, dominating each day, picking 20 wickets to win a contest. That’s historically been cricket’s most fascinating gift. Ravi Shastri
It’s always been the most important thing for me to enjoy my cricket. AB de Villiers
Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. MS Dhoni
Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord’s. Brian Clough
In England I played everything – swimming, athletics, football, rugby, badminton, cricket – all of that stuff. I was in the first teams for all the sports at Brighton, played on the wing in rugby, and ran 100m, 200m, 400m, and did long jump and even the javelin at one point. In the States I did a bit of track, but mainly I was there for the boxing. Chris Eubank Jr.
In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times. Virat Kohli
Quite honestly, cricket is same at all levels. It’s a game of bat and ball. K. L. Rahul
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live, the more I think of it as a game of Consequences. Craig Brown
My older brother’s a cricket groundsman, my other brother’s a salesman, and my younger brother’s a trader in the City. Daniel Mays
I have always maintained that bowlers win you a cricket match whatever the format. Gautam Gambhir
My dad talks about the times when we’d play backyard cricket: If I got bowled out, I’d just refuse to let go of the bat and swing it at anyone who tried to take it away from me. I like to think that’s been tempered a bit over the years. Chris Hemsworth
