Nasser Hussain Quotes


Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get punished.


Citations

Hussain, Nasser. Playing with Fire. Century, 2004.

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Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain
  • Born: March 28, 1968
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Athlete

Nasser Hussain OBE is a British cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket, including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston, was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total. In Tests he scored 5,764 runs, and he took 67 catches, fielding predominantly in the second slip and gully.