Scoring Runs Quotes

I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.

When Mahela Jayawardene was with us before the Test series against Pakistan he said it should all be about enjoying your talent and skill. He took his bat out there to score runs and enjoy playing the game.

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

It always gives you pleasure when you score runs in Test cricket.

Cricket is 90-95 per cent mental. To score runs, you've got to feel good about yourself.

The captaincy thing is brilliant, and I love it. But I didn't start off playing cricket to captain England. I wanted to score runs and stuff.

In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.

It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.

We've got to be good enough to put runs on board.

Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4.

On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.

When I grew up, I tried to score off every ball, be it a 10-over-match, a 20-over, or even a Test match. If I stay in the wicket for, say, about 30 minutes, I want to make the most of it and score maximum runs possible. You never know when you get out; try to score as much possible before that.

I always want to be known as a good Test cricketer. I believe I have the ability to score big runs in the longer format. For that, I know I have to score heavily in whatever opportunities I get.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.

I have to believe in my process and I know I follow a certain pattern to score runs. I have to believe that I will be getting runs if I have a certain mindset and I know I will.

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

It is my job to make runs for the country and win. That is the job I have to do.

Ultimately we're playing cricket and we want guys who will score runs and take catches to help England win.

Ask any batsman what gives him maximum satisfaction. It's scoring runs, whether it's Ranji Trophy or any form of the game. When you get back to your room, knowing that you have scored a hundred, it gives you satisfaction.

When I play a cover-drive, I play it to score runs.

I like to score and drive in runs more than pay attention to batting average.

When you are scoring runs, you automatically become a good leader because you are armed with so much confidence. If you struggle with your performance, then it becomes very difficult for a leader to perform his role.

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

Running-between-the-wickets is the ability to convert ones into twos, twos into threes, and threes into fours. And to reach the wickets on time.

I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something more than a five to two score. You know as well as I do that the excitement, temperature and decibels of any big game today rise instantly when there is someone on base. It reaches ecstasy when somebody makes a run.