Sourav Ganguly Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

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

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

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.

When you think of the great eight-wicket bowling figures in Test history, the names of Michael Holding, Shane Warne and Stuart Broad spring to mind.

I loved playing at Lord's - I ended up with 26 wickets at 11.50 from three Tests there. Maybe the wicket, because of the slope, was perfect for my style of bowling.

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.

Sachin Tendulkar definitely is a legend, but I had a crush on Anil Kumble - what a personality he had. I also liked Ajay Jadeja.

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.

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

I'm a bit undercooked when it comes to keeping in Test cricket, but I've had a lot of experience in T20 and ODIs for my country, and my keeping has improved a lot.

It has been a great honour to play for the West Indies, to hold a bat and to spend 17 years in international cricket. That is something I am proud of.

I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.

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

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

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.

It's a privilege to be on the same field as guys like Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad when they catch fire like they can do. Two of the best there has ever been.

You see teams buy a lot of batsmen for a lot of money because they are good batsmen. But you also need good bowlers to get them out or contain the runs.

I love that feeling of being in a battle with the new ball, you're getting an opening batsman out while they are desperate to survive.

I enjoy taking wickets more than most people can understand. I'm addicted to that feeling.

It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.