“Word can spread quickly around the international circuit if a player i...” — Jonathan Agnew Quote

“Word can spread quickly around the international circuit if a player is perceived to have a fault, particularly if it is against short bowling.”

“I fly a light aircraft.”

“Preparation is not just about batting and bowling. You have to consider lots of things - the travel, the weather, the heat, the light, the sounds. You have to be comfortable with everything.”

“The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.”

“Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.”

“You can't now do county and international cricket and have a life.”

“I used to sit on the couch, and I could go through a pound of Brie cheese and a movie. I was like, 'That's enough,' because it feels like a bowling ball in your stomach.”

“When I was a youngster, Praveen Kumar was in the same club as me, and because we are similar bowlers, I learnt a lot from him. We used to have conversations, but not a lot. What was very helpful was observing what he was bowling, the kind of fields he had, and what his thinking was.”

“I've dated girls and I always wait for that one right time to kiss. I don't kiss on the first date, so I'll take a girl out to dinners, and we'll go bowling, and I make sure to charm them before I do it.”

“Is there a secret to bowling at the Waca? In a way the secret is that there is no secret. Like any ground in the world, it's all about feel.”

“A Boosh fan bought me an original copy of 'The Jungle Book' - like, the first print from 1894 - so I've just started re-reading that and am really enjoying it. But the last book I read in its entirety was 'Willard and his Bowling Trophies,' by Richard Brautigan, which is amazing.”