Suresh Raina 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.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

My dream is to play Test cricket.

Representing England has always been a privilege and my decision to take a break from Test cricket at the end of the home summer was made to ensure that, hopefully, I can do it for a lot longer.

I have one regret that whenever I look at the list of world's leading scorers, I don't see any Pakistani who has scored 10,000 Test runs; even I couldn't do it, nor Muhammad Yousuf.

I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.

I would be proud if I can score as many runs as Rahul Dravid by the time I retire and serve the country as long as he did.

It's very rare that you get a chance to play in a Test and that's what makes it so special and prestigious.

I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.

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

From an England point of view they have put money into white-ball cricket because our performances in World Cups has not been good enough, I understand the reasons for that. But we have to be careful not to go too one-day, we have to find a balance because there is such a legacy of Test cricket in this country and we can't lose that.

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.

I really believe that every game of international cricket should have some sort of meaning and some sort of context to it - so the World Test Championship, the World One-Day League are all really, really important opportunities to the game.

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.

Just in a matter of eight months to win the U-19 World Cup as captain and then make the Test team is quite unreal.

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 loved every minute of my 17-year career, all the Test matches, the ODIs and the World Cups. The only disappointment, if you ask me, was I never won a World Cup for West Indies.

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.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

Lord's is a special place. I used to love watching games there as a youngster and I've been fortunate enough to play a couple of games there.