Peter Roebuck Quotations

With the winning line in sight the last thing they (England) expected was that Australia -- aggressive, positive, confronting Australia -- might be prepared to shorten the game,

He mistrusts anyone who reads past the sports pages of the tabloids

Whatever the remaining results in this series, it is clear that the period of Australian domination is over.

It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass

Cricketers do not expect anyone to watch three-day games.

Sooner or later he must decide what sort of role he intends to play. He seems to reflect the shallowness of a culture that has brought West Indies cricket to its knees. More is needed from the side's senior opening batsman, a member of the World XI no less, than floated off breaks, blocks and lifted drives. No one in this touring party is better placed than the endlessly languid Jamaican to provide the inspiration that alone can turn its fortunes around.

It is over. A supremacy that lasted a long time and contained many glories is on its last legs,

Apart from Lee, none of those present can produce that searing spell or deadly delivery that can turn a match on its head.

The fourth day was a reminder never to discount the chances of a proud Australian team,

Richard Hadlee has the appearance of a rickety church steeple and a severe manner which suggests that women are not likely to be ordained yet.

There is nothing in cricket more calculated to raise a laugh than the sight of some determined and serious man under a spiralling catch.

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!