Sri Lanka Cricket Quotes

"We didn’t have any speed guns back then, I was running in and bowling as fast as I could. I hit Chris Tavaré on the head and then bowled him next ball. To play the first Test match, bowl the first ball and take the first wicket makes me feel very fortunate."

"Facing Bob Willis was quite an experience with that action and that hair. We had faced quicks in Australia but nothing quite like Willis!"

"Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga is very popular in Ranchi and so we are keeping wigs which look like his coloured hair. They cost Rs 150."

"Sad to hear of the passing of friend and fellow commentator Ranil Abeynayake. The grass is less green"

"I love hard-hitting batting. I have prepared myself well for Bangladesh Premier League and want to play my own game."

"Now, the one-day game has become more difficult. Sometimes pace can help but the game has changed. Now you need variation and other things to unsettle the batsmen"

"There's a lot of opportunities for cricketers to earn significant amounts of money, in fact more than they can playing for their board, in other countries. They've got families, they've got mouths to feed, they've got mortgages to pay etc, then they'll look at their opportunities. That would be a tragic situation for Sri Lanka Cricket. They desperately need to do something. They desperately need to find funding so they can pay outstanding debts, not only to cricketers but also hotel chains, air carriers etc and other creditors, such that they can get their act together and operate properly as a governing body for cricket in that country."

"Sometimes we probably won’t be able to express ourselves the way we want to or on various other occasions. So in that way yes. Then, we can’t choose the way we want to. So those could be reasons that we did"

"It is natural to be sad as a human being. But I am happy that an experienced player like Mahela got the captaincy"

"The current cricket board is in a mess. The Sri Lankan sports minister may say the board is not bankrupt but maybe he does not know the mathematics."