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I don't really see myself as a cricketer. I see myself as quite a cultured person. Australian legspinner Adam Zampa is above the barbarism of the rest of the cricketing world

That's normal for me, being in New Zealand. We don't get anyone to come for domestic cricket! So I'll be able to share some tips on playing in front of ten people. No crowds because of the Covid-19 pandemic? No problem for Mitchell McClenaghan, who knows what it's like to play in empty stadiums

Look, son, you may have a chance of making it at cricket, but you are an absolute donkey at football." Former England fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom on the advice he got from his father Arnie, who played both cricket and football professionally

What happens sometimes is Australians' messages in English get lost in translation and reach us with a different meaning. Even some of their jokes become new. Delhi Capitals' R Ashwin says that while he's had a phone conversation with his coach Ricky Ponting about running out non-strikers who are backing up, he'll prefer to have another face to face because of tricky accents

I remember standing in slips in between bowling about 4000 overs and getting hammered around the ground. I discussed my favourite movies with Adam Gilchrist, we swapped hats, and tried everything to try and not think about it. I think we were delirious. Shane Warne remembers bowling to Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman during their 376-run stand as India followed on in Kolkata, 2001

He is off the Christmas card and present list. Stuart Broad cuts off his father, Chris, who, as match referee, fined him for a send-off during the first Test between England and Pakistan, at Old Trafford

I always equate my marks with their [my children's] marks. They do much better than me but my wife expects them to equate them with her marks, which are pretty high. Rahul Dravid claims to be a chill dad when it comes to academics (and also sports)

Looking back, if I hit the ball back along the ground [at nets] to Andre Adams of Kyle Mills or someone like that when I started playing, I reckon they may have come down and actually strangled me. Jimmy Neesham reacts to the new pandemic-normal of not touching the ball and instead of batting it back to the bowler during nets

I haven't watched it ball-by-ball. I know what happened, don't worry. New Zealand coach Gary Stead isn't going to easily forget the 2019 World Cup final, which his team lost to England on boundary count following a tied Super Over

Some days, you walk past him and stood at the non-striker's end, and he was already on TV and he would be forced to be at the striker's end. Sourav Ganguly on the rare occasions he was able to "trick" his ODI opening partner Sachin Tendulkar into taking first strike

When I played against Sourav [Ganguly], I hated him. He used to make me wait for the toss every single time and I'll be like, "Ganguly, it's 10.30, we have to toss". Former England captain Nasser Hussain on Sourav Ganguly's sagas with punctuality

It feels a bit like a sci-fi movie. England bowler Mark Wood on getting used to living, training and playing in a biosecure bubble ahead of the first post-pandemic Test, against West Indies in Southampton

I've heard batsmen complaining, "the ball is swinging". But the ball is supposed to swing! We're not here to give only throwdowns. Jasprit Bumrah laments the lot of bowlers in cricket

Maybe handshakes will be replaced by a namaste. Ajinkya Rahane wonders what post-pandemic cricket celebrations will look like

I have been in lockdown when it comes to my profession for the last six and a half years. Sreesanth feels the coronavirus-related restrictions across the world aren't too different from the fixing ban imposed on him in 2013

They want us to ask Nathan Lyon what colour socks he's wearing, in the middle of this s--- storm? Ian Gould reveals sandpaper wasn't the only thing the umpires were checking for during the infamous Cape Town Test

I played in 2008 with [Mark] Boucher, [Jacques] Kallis and [Dale] Steyn. I'd clear my legs and hit it over cover and they would tell me to go and fetch the ball myself! That's when I said I'm not playing this game. Virat Kohli tells Kevin Pietersen why he won't join him for a round of golf

He loves cricket that much that he watches every replay up on the screen. And if blokes aren't watching me when I'm trying to move the field, they cop a bit of a spray. Australia's limited-overs captain, Aaron Finch, on why Marnus Labuschagne earns his wrath on the field

All these burgers, pizzas, fried chicken and fizzy drinks have ruined our immune system and then any virus can attack us and we can't take it. Two weeks after controversially blaming food choices in China for the spread of coronavirus, now Shoaib Akhtar says it's the world's poor dietary habits that are fault

I am tired of seeing him [Imran Tahir] celebrate like that and I called him a clown, and he took it the wrong way. Islamabad United's Colin Munro on his spat with Multan Sultan's Imran Tahir after the bowler dismissed him in Rawalpindi

No, we'll keep shaking hands. There's plenty of hand sanitiser in the Australian kits. Australia coach Justin Langer isn't supporting the no-contact policy in the wake of the coronavirus spreading across several countries

No, they don't use data. It's hard. Shadab Khan isn't worried about Lahore Qalandars figuring out how often he's dismissed their batsman Fakhar Zaman

I hate watching myself bat because all I ever wanted to bat like was Ricky Ponting and it doesn't look like him one bit. Alyssa Healy is not a fan of her own batting

I used to go to gym and just work only on my abs and my shoulders because I wanted to look sexy for the girls. Andre Russell advises young cricketers to not be like him and get knee injuries by ignoring leg day at the gym

When I was growing up I was a batter so I dreamt of getting a hundred on debut. So not quite there today. New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson on becoming Player of the Match for his two wickets and 25 not out on ODI debut

All my team-mates used to call me "panda" because I used to eat a lot. Now, they've started calling me "macho". Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who recently made a triple-century in the Ranji Trophy, on how focusing on fitness has changed his game

Sometimes I watch him bat and I'm incredibly jealous that he gets to 50 off 30 balls. It's an hour into the day and he's already sorted. Former England opener Alastair Cook wished he could have scored as quickly as David Warner

Diaper and five-day cricket should only be changed when they are soiled. Virender Sehwag thinks the proposal for four-day Tests stinks

This will be coming off as quickly as possible once we're off the ground. It's not my colour. I feel like a bit of a knob with it on. Callum Ferguson reluctantly wears the Big Bash's gold cap, awarded to the league's highest run scorer at a given point

It's cricket porn when he blocks it. Australian commentator Kerry O'Keeffe rather enjoys Kane Williamson's batting

Unfortunately they aren't coming to Perth so I'll have to try and figure out something else. Maybe Joe [Burns] can spend the night with me. David Warner wonders if his opening partner, Joe Burns, will make as good a lucky charm as his daughters in getting him hundreds ahead of the Test in Perth

I've played international cricket for close to 13 years. And I've never played a Test. So I don't even know what the red ball performs like. Sophie Devine's response when asked what she thinks of the pink ball being used for Test cricket

Chris Gayle never get no respect. Once Chris Gayle fails, it's the end of his career, he is no good, he is the worst player and all these other things. Chris Gayle on the burden of expectations from him as a T20 star

We'll ask Virat [Kohli] and see if we can get his permission to play here and maybe even get a pink-ball Test if he's in a good mood. Australia captain Tim Paine makes it clear who he thinks has the final say on India's itinerary when they tour Australia

Smells good, eh? He smells very nice Tim Paine is going to be asking for Mohammad Rizwan's cologne after getting a sniff of him from behind the stumps

Anything can happen in cricket and politics. Sometimes you feel you are losing the match, but the result is exactly the opposite. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari relies on a sporting metaphor to answer a question on who will form the government in Maharashtra where negotiations have been going on between multiple parties after elections

Why don't I try to end the game in ten overs? Chris Gayle jokes as he walks out to chase a target of 214, for Jozi Stars v Cape Town Blitz in the Mzansi Super League. Gayle made 17 and Stars lost by 15 runs

I think I'm very popular in Sri Lanka... It gets so much sometimes I feel I'm more popular than Angelo Mathews! Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka believes his Instagram following indicates his popularity

Normally sight screens go left or right, I asked the umpire if it could go up and down Chris Lynn is finding the 7' 1" Mohammad Irfan distracting