Eoin Morgan Quotes

It is the ultimate test. It's every cricketer's dream to play Test cricket. I'm eagerly waiting for my opportunity to represent my country in whites also.

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.

In my heart, international cricket is the way forward. That's where you want to play; that's where the pressure really lies. That's where you make your name.

Since my international debut in 2014 the miles on the clock have probably crept up and Test cricket is the level where the pressure and scrutiny are greatest.

I always want to be known as a good Test cricketer. I believe I have the ability to score big runs in the longer format. For that, I know I have to score heavily in whatever opportunities I get.

Before I got the contract, I'd heard from a lot of people that a contract with a company like Estee Lauder was like a stamp of approval, a stamp of your legit-ness. So getting that was a really big step for me.

These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.

To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant.

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.

There is nothing quite like an Ashes trip Down Under.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

When you've played at Manchester United, it's hard to go anywhere else.

I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

My dream is to play Test cricket.

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

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

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

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

I was part of the Australia team that lost the first Test at Edgbaston in 1997 and yet came back to win the series quite comfortably in the end.

The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.

To be in the All-Star Weekend is something that's special.