Jonathan Agnew Quotes

Lord's is such a special place and to get my first and now my 500th wickets here is something that will live with me for a long time.

It's very hard to reflect properly when you're still playing but the hundreds one - when I got my 23rd in Kolkata - felt the most special because it broke a benchmark that had stood for a very long time. It felt good to do something no Englishman has done before.

I have a dream of playing 100 Tests.

I wanted to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. But I could not.

It's a huge honour to play my 100th Test, and I never in my life thought I'll be in this kind of position.

Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.

It leaves a good legacy to have five records.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.

Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty.

It would obviously be a big deal to reach 500 wickets but I don't see it as a target or goal, it's not something that has driven me on.

There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.

Glenn McGrath's my hero, so I did a lot of reading on him when I was growing up.

For me, to be part of 'Maximum' is another feather in my cap.

Frankly, this is what you dream about - to get picked for the Test team. That's why you work hard and give it your best day in and day out.

I've always wanted to play Test cricket from a young age and that's what you dream about. But you have to make sure you can contribute regardless of the format.

It's surreal to think that no one has played as many Test matches for England. I suppose it's a credit to my longevity.

One of my aims is to be the fastest and regarded as the best fast bowler in the world.

I don't think there have been many dull celebrations after any of my hundreds for England. It's been an emotional time for me over the last few weeks. Interpret them as you wish.

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

200 for a batsman is a big landmark, and I have never been somebody who has chased landmarks, but getting a 200 will always be a proud moment for a batsman.

It's enough to play for South Africa and take wickets for South Africa, and then I managed to get 400. I never thought that that would happen.

I'd be lying if I say that not scoring a Test century was a burden on me.