MAY 2, 2022

Take a single and go the non-striker's end

Sunil Gavaskar has advice for batters on how to navigate pace sensation Umran Malik's bowling

APR 28, 2022

I don't get goosebumps [on the field]. The only time I feel goosebumps is when it's really cold.

Chennai Super Kings' MS Dhoni answers a fan's question with a "cool" answer.

APR 27, 2022

I told the boys if one single "f*** you" comes your way, give them three back: two in our language and one in theirs.

Former India coach Ravi Shastri on what he told his players when they were facing Australia

APR 26, 2022

I had a thick skin, thicker than the leather of the Dukes ball you use.

Ravi Shastri tells the Guardian newspaper of the key requirement one needs to be the coach of the Indian team

APR 23, 2022

He says, "Coach, I am going to bowl a bouncer." I say go for it. Then you see the batsman lying on his back in the nets.

Dale Steyn, Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling coach, gives a succinct account of what it's like to watch pacer Umran Malik bowl in the nets

APR 22, 2022

They keep watching Jos [Buttler] score hundreds, so they just keep asking me why I cannot hit the ball out of the park like him.

Delhi Capitals opener David Warner says his kids are not satisfied with back-to-back half-centuries

APR 20, 2022

I got pretty lucky on that one so I might have to get him a beer after that.

Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Josh Hazlewood on thanking the umpire who didn't signal wide for a delivery that eventually got him a wicket

APR 6, 2022

Glad we don't have to bowl to Babar anymore for a while.

Aaron Finch is happy to see the back of this one particular challenge now that the Pakistan tour is over

MAR 28, 2022

He was saying that there are only two types of batsmen in the world: one is right-handed and one is left-handed.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson on bowling coach Lasith Malinga's simple outlook

MAR 18, 2022

I've messaged my mum's boss to give her a couple of weeks off when I get home so we can go on a holiday together because she's been as nervous as I am.

South Africa captain Sune Luus on dealing with her side's close World Cup games

MAR 14, 2022

I've always wanted to have signs in the crowd to have my name on them, but probably didn't expect it would be about falling in a pool.

Australia keeper-batter Alex Carey won't live down his walk into the hotel pool for a long time

MAR 11, 2022

Sometimes you don't even notice when she is on a cricket field. She looks the same as when she is off the cricket field. That's how chilled she is.

Laura Wolvaardt on team-mate Sune Luus, who scored 62 and bowled three overs for ten in South Africa's World Cup match against Pakistan

MAR 7, 2022

I faked it for a solid year - trying to pretend that I had my s**t together

Former South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn on the trauma of losing the 2015 World Cup semi-final to New Zealand

FEB 28, 2022

I woke up the latest, I won again, best sleeper in the team. Still hold the record.

Usman Khawaja is determined to break all sorts of records in Pakistan, starting with jet lag sleep-ins

FEB 25, 2022

I've asked our physio and media manager what their preferred fielding position was if they were to take the field.

Meg Lanning reacts to the news that the Women's World Cup could allow a nine-player side and two staff members in fielding positions in case of a Covid outbreak

FEB 16, 2022

We've been up to our eyebrows in crosswords, Sophie Ecclestone has been running HIIT classes on Zoom, Freya Davies organised a brilliant quiz.

England captain Heather Knight and her team are keeping busy in quarantine ahead of the 2022 Women's World Cup

FEB 14, 2022

Dad rang me and said he wanted me to buy him a caravan to tour around Australia.

Josh Hazlewood on the reaction to his million-dollar payday at the IPL auction

FEB 10, 2022

I'm not in that auction because I can't stand another year of disappointment and not getting the satisfaction of retiring in a few years time because of a million dollar contract.

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