Frank Woolley Quotes

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

I always breathe cricket.

When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs.

I played quite a bit for my home team, Morriston, in my teens. I batted and bowled, but I suffered the utter humiliation once when one of the Pontarddulais batsmen hit 32 runs in one over against me.

I don't like half-volleys being driven for four.

In South Africa, you can get away sometimes because of the bounce. You may get away with full wide balls. In India, it does not bounce and finds the middle of the bat and goes flying to point or extra cover for four.

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

I have had a bowl with the pink ball but it was in a day game at Wormsley.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

My role is to play out the full overs.

Running-between-the-wickets is the ability to convert ones into twos, twos into threes, and threes into fours. And to reach the wickets on time.

I just like to enjoy my cricket.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.

I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.

During the peak of my career, I used to pick the ball as soon it was released from the bowler's hands. And I hit the ball through the line.

When I was growing up, we would play a 10-over or 15-over game, and the asking-rate would always be high, and I would end up scoring 30 or 40 runs in 15 balls, so I built that mindset right from the beginning and still continue to bat in the same manner.

A bowler will always say it's a batsman's game.

I play cricket. I'm a professional cricketer and I guess my job is to hopefully help Australia win games of cricket.

The 'Natmeg' from England's Natalie Sciver attracted a lot of attention as a brilliant piece of improvisation, which requires every bit as much talent as a Tillakaratne Dilshan 'scoop,' or a Jos Buttler 'ramp' shot.

I just go out there and try to do what I am paid to do, which is score runs and take wickets.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

I used to play cricket all the time as a kid.

Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.