James Anderson Quotes

Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing.

Guys are playing a lot of limited overs cricket and not making that adjustment when it comes to the longer version and pay a price for that.

In Test cricket, you have to be adaptable.

Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it.

One-day cricket is about aggression and flair, but Test cricket is a different ball game. One has to struggle through the hard periods initially and then look on to get a respectable score on the board.

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.

Test cricket tests your ability as a cricketer but also bring out your true character.

You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same.

You can get suckered into believing you have to always be attacking with the bat, ball or fielding positions. But Test cricket is not always like that. There are times when it is a bit slow paced and even a bit boring.

I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.

I am trying to take my ODI confidence to Test cricket.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing and entertaining, you still need batsmen whose first instinct is to be patient.

Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.

Michael Atherton's powers of concentration never cease to amaze me. When you need reminding what Test-match batting is all about, who else would you have at the other end?

Even a good batsman requires a year or so in test cricket to settle down and play long innings.

The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.

Test matches to me are the caviar compared to the fast food stuff. Having the ability and the constitution to triumph over five days is what it's all about.

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

Test match cricket is about individual brilliance.