Imran Tahir Quotes

There are not enough turning pitches in India, which is why we are not getting good spinners.

I don't know what it is about fast bowling. I guess it's the ability to do something that nobody else can really do.

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.

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

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.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

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.

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.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

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 was great mates with Muttiah Muralitharan, dating back to the days when we both played together at Lancashire.

There aren't too many left-handed guys out there who can handle the ball and shoot it.

As a bowling unit, you get a lot of confidence if the spinners and pacers are bowling as a team.

Legspinners are exciting characters.

The best player I've played with would be Graeme Swann, just because he's proved that regular finger-spinners can take wickets in international cricket for England.

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

There is no doubt that Nathan Lyon is a great spinner but so were Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Graeme Swann.

You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.

If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.

Ravindra Jadeja should not be in the World Cup team.

Growing up in the '70s my heroes were Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as a left-hand batsman.

Coming on to bowl in the opening powerplay might look stressful for a spinner but I actually quite like it.

You're always under pressure, that's what life is about. That is what playing international cricket or being a professional sportsman is.

In the nets, Joe Root hits the most sixes. He tries to take us down all the time. I think everyone is capable of hitting big sixes and I think I'm the best of all of them. But Jos is the one guy that everyone knows is out front. Jos is power with timing.