Cricket Fatigue Quotes

When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket.

There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

The workload with Test cricket was too much as I want to extend my career for as long as I can.

One-day cricket is a lot more draining because it's a lot faster. You don't get as much break. You are running a lot harder.

I didn't have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I'd played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I had always had an ambition to play the county game in England. And I was a bit jaded. And I didn't do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career.

With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.

I truly believe that players who tell you they don't feel the pressure of international cricket, of being away from home for months at a time, are lying to everyone and themselves.

I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.

If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.

In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.