Harbhajan Singh Quotes

It is a big challenge as a spinner to play modern day cricket, where you have to have five players in the circle.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

Leg spinners can change the game.

One needs to have variations. You won't survive if you don't have one - especially playing in India, as they are good players of spin.

Roland-Jones is a good, old-fashioned English seamer. He's not especially quick, but he pitches the ball up and swings it away, which is always dangerous.

If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

To me, Shane Warne is a great turner of the ball. I like his aggressive attitude, I love the way he attacks batsmen, and I give him 100 per cent for that, as not enough spinners bowl with that approach, but in my estimation, Subhash Gupte was a better leg-spinner.

I want to captain England in more Tests than anyone else.

Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

Spinners have a main role, whether in the IPL or world cricket. But it's hard to be a legspinner: you have to be accurate.

The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

I might be six foot six but that doesn't mean I can play a Steve Harmison role and bounce people out.

I am enjoying the experience of working with Mishra. For me, he is a world-class spinner.

As bowlers, we don't worry about the wickets, whether they are flat or not.

The Kookaburra is the toughest ball to bowl with.

I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to do a fraction, up or down or side to side, and you get someone out.

I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.

Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.

Well, I've always prefered playing spin off the back foot because, to my mind, it takes short leg and silly point out of the equation.

The moment a spinner gets turn he becomes dangerous.

You can call it my bias or love for Harbhajan but if you are picking three best spinners in the country, he's got to be among them. Harbhajan is one bowler who should be playing all three formats of the game.