England Cricket Quotes

I've enjoyed the captaincy when I've done it at Middlesex and with England.

It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.

This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.

I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

I'm most proud of a couple of things. Firstly what we managed to do with the team from 2009 to get them to win the Ashes in Australia. That was remarkable. And secondly moving England forward in white-ball cricket because that is where the game is going and we need to be at the vanguard.

I'm looking forward to the new challenge that playing T20 cricket in England will bring.

I don't think I would have any problem at all playing in England. I'd love it.

Get picked for an Ashes Test at Lord's and you know you're going to meet the Queen. She arrived before the start of our game against Australia in 2013 and we lined up for inspection like the household cavalry on Horse Guards Parade.

Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.

I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

The history of Test cricket will suggest if you hold the top of off longer than anyone else you will have success, in England particularly it's about owning the top of off.

Back in 2006-07 when we completed the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years, the historical significance didn't really filter in to our thinking. We didn't realise it at the time - we were just making amends for 2005.

England fans should be pretty happy to have Jofra Archer in their Test team - because he is something special.

I like to see the kids in my area wearing England shirts, not Pakistan or India ones. A lot of it comes from the older generations but it's changing slowly, especially if people like myself and Ravi Bopara are playing for England.

Captaining England is the best job I've ever had and the last thing I would want to do after more than four years is hand the Test job over to someone who wasn't up to it.

I have always enjoyed bowling in England because there is some swing around, which is my strength.

I have loved cricket my whole life, from playing in the garden as a child, and will never underestimate how special it is to pull on an England shirt.

Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.

From an England point of view they have put money into white-ball cricket because our performances in World Cups has not been good enough, I understand the reasons for that. But we have to be careful not to go too one-day, we have to find a balance because there is such a legacy of Test cricket in this country and we can't lose that.

Peter Moores has been very popular in the England dressing room. He's got a very good record of developing players, but I felt that there are some areas in international cricket where he is a little bit exposed, for me personally around tactics and strategy.

In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.

I first got into cricket by watching Test matches on TV and listening to overseas tours on the radio. The sport really grabbed me - and it didn't matter that England weren't hugely successful back then.

I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.

In India, the wicket tends to get a bit slower once the ball gets old, but in England, it's pretty much the same whether it's new ball or old ball.