The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by the performances. That’s what I enjoy now.” I would like to be an umpire when Sachin is batting, so to get the best possible view of his shots.” AMIT KALANTRI Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented isn’t anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize it.” VIRAT KOHLI

Trevor Bailey was a long-time colleague of Brian Johnston’s at Radio 3’s Test Match Special and this is one of many memorable lines. John Snagge Batsmen wear so much protection these days that I mostly identify them from their posteriors" - Brian Johnston Another vintage one, it had former England and Yorkshire fast bowler Freddie Trueman describing a six in one of the most bizarre, yet true, manners. He said, “That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.”

2. “GAH!”

You don't need a helmet facing Waqar [Younis] so much as a steel toe cap" - Simon Hughes on Waqar Youni's swinger yorker This has been said to many fielders and we’ve all probably been on the wrong end of this sledge. There are conflicting stories as to where this originates from but it must be one of the oldest of its kind. 40. “Does anyone else feel that breeze?” 41. “I’ve seen a better batter at my local Fish & Chips” 42. “Take the keys off him he can’t drive” 43. “Didn’t know Gray Nics made fishing poles” 44. “You’ve lost it mentally. You’re still the same”

While this isn’t necessarily impossible, this would have been a very unfortunate incident that would have ended Gus Logie’s career.Former England fast bowler Fred Trueman was looking to emphasise just how big a six this was but, instead, he simply ends up stating the obvious. Jonathan Agnew I'm a big believer that the coach is something you travel in to get to and from the game" - Shane Warne with another dig at John Buchanan Angus Fraser's bowling is like shooting down F-16 aeroplanes with sling shots. Even if they hit, no damage would be done. Like an old horse, he should be put out to pasture" - Colin Croft I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide" - Lewis Carroll

Once in an exhibition match given out leg-before, he refused to walk and told the umpire: 'They came to watch me bat, not you bowl.' And the innings continued. If you turn the bat over you’ll find the instructions” – This is a classic from Merv Hughes, bowling to Robin Smith. It’s great for using yourself while fielding. A comment made by Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar when West Indies played India in a test match. Gavaskar was usually an opener but had dropped down to number 4 on this specific occasion.

I feel so bad about mine now I'm going to tie it around the cat" - Geoffrey Boycott, dismayed at the award of an MBE to Paul Collingwood for scoring 17 runs in the 2005 Ashes series How anyone can spin a ball the width of [Mike] Gatting boggles the mind" - Martin Johnson on Shane Warne's 'Ball of the Century'