Cricket Bell.” I smiled into my phone. “How did you get so wise?
Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.
.....the only sound was of the crickets, and the glittering speckled of stars on the night sky as witness of her biggest mistake, the night when it changed her life forever.
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.
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.
There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.
The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.
If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?
Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
The crickets still sing in October. And lilly, she's trying to bloom. Tho she's resting her head on the shoulder of death, she still shines by the light of the moon.
One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.
When there is time to think about cricket, I think but when there is time to be with family, I try to do justice to that aspect of my life as well.
Cicadas, buckling and unbuckling their stomach muscles, yield the sound of someone sharpening scissors. Fall field crickets, the thermometer hounds, add high-pitched tinkling chirps to the jazz, and their call quickens with warm weather, slows again ...
Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.
There is no reason why one should believe you should leave out politicians in cricket or any sport for that matter. There are ways and means in which government can assist in the management and development of players.
I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.
What is important for me is playing cricket and not thinking about how my Test career is shaping up. I am not into future planning and all. I am concerned about my present and not the future.
I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.
I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.
