Richie Benaud Quotes

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.

When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs.

In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India, it does not bounce and finds the middle of the bat and goes flying to point or extra cover for four.

Pune is one of my favorite grounds.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

Standing at the end of your run with the ball in your hand preparing to bowl the first ball of an Ashes series is an amazing feeling.

Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.

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.

But eventually it is a game of cricket.

I do not fear grassy tracks. Whether there is grass or not on the wicket, I am not worried.

The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.

My memories of Australian cricket are it was an environment of good fun.

I always breathe cricket.

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.

Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.

I don't like half-volleys being driven for four.

The Gabba is not a frightening place to play.

I don't agree with the theory that removing grass and pace from the pitch nullifies Mitchell Johnson.

I don't actually have a regular end I bowl from at Old Trafford.

It's always important when you play in a tournament that they have a basketball court and an arena.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

In England, you have stadiums in the middle of the city.

When you're on the pitch, you can't think about what the fans are thinking.

Playing Australia, of course, is always challenging.

The one thing you can't do is get carried away with that pace and bounce. There's a temptation to charge in and just slam the ball into the pitch and you can end up bowling too short. You still have to bowl the right length so that you threaten to take wickets.