Twenty20 Cricket Quotes

“Get your sh*t stars off our flag.” – Barmy Army chant in Australia

“Ricky Ponting continues to believe that the lbw law simply doesn’t exist. And Andrew Symonds has to work out how to get his hip flask onto the field without the Sky cameras noticing.” – Dan Nicoll

Mark Waugh: “F**k me, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here, there’s no way you’re good enough to play for England.”

James Ormond: “Maybe not, but at least I’m the best player in my family.”

“The traditional dress of the Australian cricketer is the baggy green cap on the head and the chip on the shoulder. Both are ritualistically assumed. “ – Simon Barnes in The Times

“You convicts are all the same.” – Malcolm Marshall to Steve Waugh after he refused to walk

“Are you going to get out or do I have to come round the wicket and kill you?” – Malcolm Marshall to David Boon

“Mate, if you turn the bat over, you’ll see the instructions on the back!” – Merv Hughes to Robin Smith

“If it had been a cheese roll, it would never have got past him.” – Graham Gooch on Shane Warne’s ‘ball of the century’ to the portly Mike Gatting

“I’m completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope.” – Andrew Flintoff

“Shane Warne’s idea of a balanced diet is a cheeseburger in each hand.” – Ian Healy

“He fell in love with himself at a very young age and has remained faithful ever since.” – Dennis Lillee on Geoff Boycott

“The most important thing you need as a sportsman is to be clear on what you’re actually doing.” – Brett Lee

“The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don’t worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it’s not the same ball.” – Shane Warne

“That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it.” – Sidhu