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"I'll probably go to Starbucks and waste a few hours."
Ian Blackwell reveals how he plans to spend the day after Somerset's quarter-final against Kent is washed out
"I do believe that to the ordinary people of our country, games like hockey and football have [more] significance than the world of cricket."
Is cricket India's national obsession? Not to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, it isn't
"Signing Kolpak players is like internet shopping. Instead of getting out there and doing the hard yards trying to find what you're looking for, you can just have it delivered to your door."
England selector and Warwickshire director of cricket, Ashley Giles, on the overseas influx in county cricket
"Look, it's your nation, not mine."
Kevin Pietersen, explaining in an interview that he gets sent pictures of naked women by fans, reveals the extent of his Englishness
"'Was it a good ball, Freddie?' And I'll say: 'Not particularly.' And he'll go: 'Shit shot again, then?'"
Andrew Flintoff on playing with Muttiah Muralitharan for Lancashire
"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them a restaurant in Mumbai is named after him
"We yearned for strong leadership for years and now Giles has come along and we are terrified."
An anonymous county chairman reveals his fears to the Guardian, as Giles Clarke drags English cricket into uncharted waters
"I think I will donate the money to Mother Teresa or something like that."
Shoaib Akhtar's latest 'Shoaibism' when asked about his IPL earnings
"That whiteness is truly horrible. And the things they are wearing instead of proper jumpers are just awful."
Former England player Mark Butcher isn't so keen on the new England kit
"Instead of buying greater numbers of expensive flops, the smart owners would be well advised to employ some statisticians ... Bangalore, in particular, have had a miserable time; the whipping boys, more chumps than challengers."
Michael Atherton with a clear message for Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallya
"We have an obesity crisis in this country with young people and yet here we are preventing a cricket club from improving."
Baroness Billingham is staggered that East Northamptonshire council has ordered the Rushden Town club to pay £2000 to undertake a noise survey about their proposed nets, despite receiving support from neighbouring houses
"Will Tests soon be marketed as 'Like Twenty20, only slower!'?"
Journalist Patrick Kidd fears for the future
"It was mesmeric. The music, the clothes that they wore, the atmosphere was completely a new experience for me."
A dazzled Brett Geeves speaks after attending Tillakaratne Dilshan's wedding in New Delhi
"Sounding like Keith Harris's self-pitying puppet duck Orville singing, 'I Wish I Could Fly', Pietersen said: 'I could earn $1million for playing six weeks, but I can't.'
The Times' deputy cricket correspondent, Richard Hobson, takes a swipe at England's star turn
"I remember going for a drink with a friend once and being asked to talk about anything other than cricket for five minutes. We stayed silent until five minutes had passed, and then got back to cricket."
Former England batsman Chris Tavare, now a biology teacher, admits he was very focussed in his cricketing days
"Even The Queen Mary turns quicker than that."
Robin Jackman on television commentary takes a shot at Wasim Jaffer's late reaction after being sent back by Jacques Kallis, eventually losing his wicket
"Cut it out! I drink in public bars with the best of them thank you very much. I'm not some Cambridge wally."
Ian Smith responds to Mike Atherton's joky jibe that he spent an evening drinking in a working man's club in Manchester
"My team told me that they have yet to meet a better human being than me. This is a huge compliment."
Kolkata franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan doesn't have time for false modesty
"I've hit people on the head before but never had teeth to show for it."
James Anderson after his bouncer sent Daniel Flynn to the dentist
"Twenty20 is not cricket. It's pure entertainment. VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid batting out a whole day against the Australians - now that is cricket."
Prolific author Jeffrey Archer isn't afraid to cut loose, right in the middle of the madness called the IPL
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