Cricket Tournament Quotes

I remember my England debut, in 2002. It came in Jersey, in a triangular tournament with New Zealand and India. To say that it did not generate great local interest is putting it mildly: our first game, against India, attracted a handful of spectators.

IPL is a T20 franchise tournament combining cricket and Bollywood to offer entertainment.

In 2015, I was privileged to host the first ever televised Women's Test match during the 2015 Women's Ashes on Sky Sports, which saw every game covered of the multi-format series.

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

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

We played well in Kenya. We didn't lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We don't need to change much from that for this tournament.

With tournaments such as the Women's Big Bash and the Kia Super League, women are now well practised in the art of big strokeplay.

I was not picked immediately at any level, be it Under-14, Under-16 or Under-19. So apart from my batting, I bowled legspin. In one of the selection tournaments for Mumbai Under-19, I happened to pick 34 wickets. So I was finally picked, but as a bowling allrounder.

I've never been a massive advocate of international Twenty20 cricket except a World Cup every two or three years, because that gets the best players together.

I would love to win a trophy for South Africa in white ball cricket.

IPL is pure sport. The glitz and glamour is just 15 per cent. 85% is actually professional, hard cricket.

To be honest, the Nidahas Trophy has taught me too many things. Actually, I learnt to how to stay neutral after that.

Obviously, I want to do well in the Champions Trophy, which is like a mini World Cup with all top teams participating.

Nothing comes close to the IPL, to be honest.

But the IPL is a long tournament and results keep going up and down invariably.

I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.

I would definitely say the Nidahas Trophy was a life-changing experience as a cricketer for me.

Ranji Trophy is a great experience for youngsters.

Honestly, during the 2018 World Cup itself, I was saying T20 World Cup was going to be my last.

As a cricketer and captain, the lowest has the 2013 World Cup as it happened in India. Being the host team, we couldn't qualify for the Super Six and it was a big platform to do well and showcase women's cricket.

It will never be much fun until a Proteas team finally goes out and wins one of these ICC limited-overs tournaments. That will happen one day.