AB de Villiers Quotes

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

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.

A bowler will always say it's a batsman's game.

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

I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

I love to watch Rohit Sharma bat.

I try to keep the ball up to the bat, and I usually get the ball to outswing, so I get wickets like that.

My role is to play out the full overs.

Running-between-the-wickets is the ability to convert ones into twos, twos into threes, and threes into fours. And to reach the wickets on time.

I have always enjoyed keeping wickets, as it is something that comes very naturally to me.

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

Of course, every batsman gets out. I know that. It is almost inevitable that no matter what you do, you will get out at some point or the other.

I always breathe cricket.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

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

We have to understand that the five-day format has its own uncertainties, unlike ODIs or T20s. In ODIs, you know that you have to field for 50 overs only, while in Test cricket, there may be a situation that a team might bat for one-and-a-half to two days.

When I was growing up, we would play a 10-over or 15-over game, and the asking-rate would always be high, and I would end up scoring 30 or 40 runs in 15 balls, so I built that mindset right from the beginning and still continue to bat in the same manner.

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.

Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.

I do enjoy fielding in the deep and I enjoy engaging with the crowd.

In 2004 in England, there was one catch that was very special to me. I was bowling in a league match, and the batsman hit the ball over my head. I had to run back to between mid-off and mid-on to take the catch, and I did.

I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.