Occupation: Cricketer Birth: August 27, 1908 Death: February 25, 2001
Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played in its hist….
Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia..
May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it..
The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public….
About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I find it difficult to come to terms wi….
I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I felt that….
When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to be essential in a….
Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out.
There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me.
When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust..
Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe..
I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat..
Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know.