Viv Richards Quotes

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.

I love cricket. My all-time favourite is Sachin Tendulkar, without a shadow of a doubt.

England has some very good cricketers. And don't rule West Indies out. They have some explosive players.

I was telling somebody the other day that I have had five semi-finals with South Africa and never got to a final. I got to one final with Pakistan and eventually got a medal!

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

My best wishes are with Indian cricket in general. I wish each one of our cricketers success at the international and domestic level.

I first got into cricket by watching Test matches on TV and listening to overseas tours on the radio. The sport really grabbed me - and it didn't matter that England weren't hugely successful back then.

I have high expectations from Babar Azam and Imam-ul Haq.

My brother, Ajay, who plays lower-division games, and I discuss cricket often.

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

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen.

We've seen guys in the sport, like Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who have actually benefited from the captaincy.

Pakistan always play well in England.

I'm going to give international cricket one more crack. The Pakistan job seems like a perfect fit.

Australia always play their cricket really hard.

The only two times we have peaked above world average is when we got to No. 1 in the world in 2011 and when we got to No. 2 in the world in 2004 under Michael Vaughan.

I wanted to be a cricketer. But I was not skilled enough to be a national-level cricketer.

I have batted well in Tests and always wanted to do well in ODIs, too.

I'd love to go and visit Pakistan. It would be a great opportunity to go and play there personally. Unfortunately, it's not my decision to make, but it looks a wonderful country to go and play cricket in.

I totally enjoyed playing in Australia. I think they play very tough cricket, and the brand of cricket they play is very strong.

Pakistan fans are crazy about cricket.

We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.

There are cricket-loving people here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I've enjoyed a lot playing in India in my cricketing career.

The best player I've played with would be Graeme Swann, just because he's proved that regular finger-spinners can take wickets in international cricket for England.