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“We complement each other and we are able to sustain pressure for a long period of time and that is the best way of giving yourself a chance of knocking over these high quality English batsmen”
Despite only needing five wickets to win on the fifth and final day of the third Test in Perth, Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced that the baggy greens “still have a bit of work to do”.
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“It’s always been the way with bowlers and some teams down the years to try to intimidate batsmen”
England batting coach Graham Gooch has announced that sledging has become a “part of the game” and batsmen simply “have to accept that”.
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“I’m no expert on his condition (stress-related illness) but I would have thought that he was absolutely at his wits end”
Former England captain David Lloyd has admitted that he simply doesn’t “see a way back for” batsman Jonathan Trott after he pulled out of the Ashes series with a stress-related illness.
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“This game is going to hurt us but there is plenty of character in this team and we’re going to show it again”
After suffering their sixth-largest defeat in terms of runs in Test cricket history, England captain Alastair Cook has announced that his side are still capable of fighting back.
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“We’ll celebrate this one and make sure we’re ready for the next one”
Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris has announced that the baggy greens were rewarded for their aggressive approach and short-pitched bowling during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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“We have just got to come out tomorrow and fight hard”
Despite having been bowled out for a dismal 136 and Australia maintaining a 224-run lead at the end of the second day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, England opening batsman Michael Carberry believes there is still time to fight back and win the match.
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“Nathan Lyon was the one who started it all off today”
Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin admitted that the dismissal of England batsman Jonathan Trott proved to be the game-changer on the second day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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“His bowling is always getting better because he learns and when things are looking tough and hard he brings out something special”
Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that pace bowler Stuart Broad has left his critics with “egg on their faces” after he took a five-wicket haul on the first day of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals Australia in Brisbane.
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“I never threatened Sachin’s place in the team as a batsman but he sometimes threatened mine as a bowler”
Former India leg-spinner Anil Kumble has revealed that Sachin Tendulkar “threatened” his place in the national team at times since “he was a natural spinner of the ball”.
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Anderson is only the fourth English bowler to take 300 Test wickets
In a rather bold statement, England bowling coach David Saker believes veteran pace bowler James Anderson is the “most skilful fast bowler in the world”, even more so than South African seamer Dale Steyn, who is currently ranked first on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test bowler rankings.
