Wicket Quotes

No one had seen anything like it; every time England took another Australian wicket, the switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree. By the end of the day another 7,000 had been sold.

He has got natural ability to keep wicket and to strike the ball and it is up to us to help make sure he gets the most out of himself.

(Continuity of selection) helps, ... You don`t want to be going out there thinking, `This could be your last game, if you don`t get a wicket you`re out`. In the last 12 to 18 months this team has done some special things because we`ve been consistent in selection. Fletch and (Michael) Vaughan have a lot of faith in the people they select.

They say Shaun`s similar to Brett but, at the end of the day, they`re wicket-takers. I`d love to go, don`t get me wrong, but with Shaun there`s a bloke who bowls 150kmh while swinging the ball, and gets audacious reverse-swing. Shaun bowled some of the fastest deliveries I`ve seen last Sunday.

(WICKET! Kallis run out 11 (World XI 157-5) Another one goes! Dravid, probably assuming that Kallis will run him out sooner rather than later, goes for a risky single. Ponting hits, and Kallis, who has scored 11 off 25, is out.) I was roundly abused on Wednesday for suggesting Kallis shouldn`t be in the ODI team as he only plays for his average, ... So I`m happy to concede that he`s now tipping quick singles and smashing mad boundaries with the best of them. Eh? Oh.

I was a little bit nervous this morning and a bit uptight and I sort of didn`t let myself go as much as I could have but once I got the wicket it was a big release, and I started bowling better after that.

I`ll go out there and just try to take a wicket every ball. I`m going to spray a few around the place.