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Hot topics: Sachin Tendulkar
A lot has been said, but not by me.
His Ashes form showed that he could do it at the top of the order. We'll continue to review what his role is in the side.
There was 'Hello Trotty' and 'How are you, Trotty?'. I saw one of our quick bowlers having lunch with him a couple of days before a game."
They should make Kapil a judge on Strictly Come Dancing
If it happens that I don't play cricket again I can walk away knowing I've given it my best.
This is the hardest work I have ever done. If I had trained as hard as I do now for my cricket, I would have been a much better cricketer.
We need to give our fans Elvis not Val Doonican in a cardigan, pipe and slippers.
It is greed, greed, greed. That is what will kill the game, the greed of the authorities.
I truly believe he is the greatest cricketer ever.
Until you have that really good world-class allrounder in your team, balance becomes really difficult. Shane gives us great balance.
There are a good number of marriage offers. I've lost count of the number.
When you've seen anyone from bloody Merv Hughes to Chris Cairns or somebody who has fired a ball down and it's just missed the outside edge and the camera's on him, well, Stevie Wonder can tell what he's saying.
I've been feeling pretty good and I think you guys have been a bit harsh on me over the last couple of weeks to be honest.
I've got more chance of winning next year's Melbourne Cup.
I just kept my eyes on the ball and flew.
I would rather watch two stupid films, a Blackadder episode and read a Viz comic and be in a much better frame of mind to play the next day."
We have started calling him grandfather. Even at this stage, he wants to improve with every game.
Manners are free. He tells me every day: manners are free.
Chris Gayle, it was a pleasure to meet you sir!
It's beyond what I thought I could physically do.
''It was probably the gutsiest thing I've ever seen on a cricket field from a spinner after he's been hit probably 150 metres into the stands. He tossed it up, gave it some air and he got the result."
Maybe it's the 12th man that's helping us win
Bless him, he's a Yorkshire fast bowler, and he's got an electrical gadget. It's never going to be a good combination.
It was really difficult to find someone who would bowl to me. So I preferred bowling alone at the stumps.
You need strong characters in the England side, people who will grab the game by the scruff of the neck. So why the hell is Ian Bell still in the England side?
He's not an old man, so we've got to be very careful that we don't flog him to death as a 28-year-old.
I've always said that almost every press conference is a lie.
What I have seen in India is Bollywood, whereas we are more Under Milk Wood
I know where not to bowl to him [ Chris Gayle]. It should be easy. I'm a smart young man, I've done my homework.
I always felt English and felt I could live here and hopefully in time my accent will change and be more English.
To be sat there talking about it - as much as I'd like to travel the world with Beefy - I don't think so.
The day that I can't bowl quick is the day that I'll hang the boots up.
I'll drag him out there kicking and screaming even if he doesn't want to but no, I'm positive he will play.
They are a very, very unpredictable side in the nicest way possible.
It's probably easier to score runs in my backyard.
I was drinking the water and having to reuse the bottles. I had to pee right back inside them. It was very strange.
It's like a Louis Vuitton handbag or a Gucci wallet - there are knock-offs everywhere.
All I got after 15 years at the club was a cup of coffee in the chief executive's office.
Off the field he is a little kitten: he speaks the right thing, comes and says 'sorry for this and that' but my message to him is he cannot come off the field and apologise. It is too late.
I think the ICC really want former players to turn to umpiring. They're giving them the look before they retire.
Good on Dravid and Mahela, pity about the pitch
In his new column, Sourav Ganguly says flat pitches aren't doing Test cricket's cause any good, especially when fans pay to watch
Dead pitches killing Tests in India
Dileep Premachandran: What sanctity of Tests when they're played out in front of paltry crowds on pitches designed to drag the game to the post-mortem table?
Long live the crackdown on chucking
Harsha Bhogle: India has made a start towards combating illegal actions by allowing umpires to call bowlers on the field
West Indies: from amazing to abysmal
The Numbers Game: The aura and anticipation of an Australia-West Indies series has slipped and the contests have become one-sided
English cricket embraces Pakistan
Pak Spin: Administrators deserve credit for Australia series
What They Said About
The dossier encouraging Indian players to have sex before games
"I don't think we ever had anything about our sexual habits written down in a dossier, and I am pretty sure we won't get an advisory on that ever."
The pragmatic captain, Andrew Strauss, crushes Swann's hopes
"There is no doubt that sex increases your performance, provided it does not disturb players' sleep and has no negative influence."
Dr Ashok Ahuja, of the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, takes the practical view
"Is that in the team's vision statement? Hmmm. That is some vision. I really don't know what to say… you've caught me slightly off guard. Oh, I'm still blushing."
Ricky Ponting knows what to sledge the Indians about, when the two teams meet next week
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