Prithvi Shaw Quotes

I came back from the World Cup and then started playing for Mumbai again. My game was the same because even in New Zealand, we played the One-day format.

The one major disappointment I have is that I didn't get a hundred against India in India. I got lots of runs against India in England including a double hundred I am very proud of.

I enjoy playing Test cricket, especially against India in India.

IPL is something... it's where we polish our skills and be in form, but ODI and T20I are totally different.

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

When you go to Australia you are always asked whether you can perform in hostile environments against high pace and every Australian side I have played against has had guys bowling over 90mph.

English conditions have changed over the years. Lots of runs are being scored in one-day cricket now in England, pitches are good for batting.

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.

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

I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.

Players like Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Warner, Glenn Maxwell were noticed at IPL first. It is a platform for players all over the world.

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

Pakistan always play well in England.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

I love playing against England.

I wouldn't have any fears about coming to England because I have played against English sides in the Champions League and studied the English game.

I love the multi-format series. Within it they've found a way to retain Test matches and England v Australia in the Test arena, they were always my favourite matches to play in.

The Ashes are the biggest Test series played in the world.

I'm expecting big things from our bowlers, from Peter Siddle, who plays the enforcer role, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee when he gets fit again. In batting, there's Phil Hughes, whose already done well for Australia and scored hundreds for Middlesex.

Spinners have a main role, whether in the IPL or world cricket. But it's hard to be a legspinner: you have to be accurate.

I never thought I'd rather watch England's cricketers batting for a draw than their footballers in the World Cup but it was a lot more exciting.

My first trip as a captain against Pakistan in 2003 - we had never won there before, but then we won both the Test Matches and One-Days.

Every tournament and every international game played gives you additional experience which brings you forward, both on the pitch and off it, but there is nothing more special than playing a World Cup on home soil.

Australia always play their cricket really hard.

Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.