Quotes                    

"You've just dropped the World Cup, son."
                                                Steve Waugh, after Gibbs dropped him in Super Six's match

A couple of hours later Waugh had scored 120 and Australia were still in the competition, earning themselves a South African re-match in the last four.

"The guys are buzzing but this is the time when we have to regroup and make sure we have a decent game plan."                                                      Mark Alleyne, England A captain after their latest win in New Zealand

"I get cheesed off with everybody writing about the poor old umpires. Let's talk about the honesty and integrity of players. They just want to cheat each other. They know they've nicked it to second slip but they just stand there."

                           English umpire Peter Willey, after  Rudi Koertzen came under fire during 2nd test match.

" I play for the crowd first, then my team and then my country"...

Shoaib Akhtar, explaining that cricket fans have been deprived of watching the fastest bowler in the world after being banned by ICC.