Famous Quotes & Sayings

Obviously they like batting with each other. They're the sort of people who enjoy being out in the middle and the challenge,

Phil Jaques

Obviously my preference is to open the batting but I just hope I'm not seen by people as purely an opener. When I play overseas I rarely open the batting. I batted number four for Yorkshire for most of the season and, in one-day games, I often move into number three ... if the selectors can't find a place for me as an opener, that's fine, I'll take any opportunity in the order.

Graeme Smith

Obviously, Jacques gives us another bowling option, and he'll (also) give us a lot of stability somewhere in the batting order.

Ricky Ponting

I am the captain, but I am not batting for everyone in the side and I am not bowling for everyone,

Bryan pitched batting practice and he was probably hitting 90 mph.

Felipe Alou

Batting third could help him hit .300 for the first time. He's too good a hitter not to have done that.

Batting practice is next on his agenda. But he's swinging well and making good progress in the last 48 hours. He's close to playing in a game.

Troy Glaus

Batting fourth comes with some expectations. I'm a perfectionist, I expect perfection out of myself and when it doesn't happen, I get frustrated with it.

John Arlott

Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes.

Batting depth is very important in a game. Sometimes a few guys won't hit well at the top, but a few others in the middle or bottom will, and it really helps when that happens.

Shane Watson

My batting is up to being in the top six and my bowling is on the improve,

Michael Clarke

My batting at the moment is a lot better than it has been, both mentally and technically.

My dad is my everything - my coach, batting instructor, encouragement and motivation. When I go into a situation, I take him with me.

Freddie has been in big-league camp before, but he was never much of a factor. But you have some guys who are late bloomers, and he's one of them. His name seems to pop up every day, whether it's about a play he made out on the field, or how he looked during batting practice.

Dan Mullen

He would be in our meetings, then run out to take batting practice. Even if he couldn't go out on the (football) field, he would try to come see us and he would come in on his own time and study film.

Casey Stengel

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.

I wish I could say I wanted to be batting like this at this point in the year, but I can't say that. It's nice. I'm hoping to keep it up.

I wish I could of had her batting for everybody.

She's more of a batting coach than most of the coaches are. She picks out every little thing. She's just so intelligent.

Rahul Dravid

Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the post-mortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them.

Kevin Pietersen

I have been batting well on the last two days of the tour. Getting out just 13 short of a ton is disappointing but it was need of the hour as the team needed quick runs to declare and put pressure on India.

Randy Johnson

I feel pretty good overall. When I'm out there throwing batting practice, it's just what it is, batting practice. To work on my pitches and trying to get something out of it a little bit as far as some intensity.

I can't say enough about the middle of the batting order. (But) another kid that's come through the last couple games is Griffin.

Michael Hussey

Hopefully he will go from strength to strength, because he is the lynchpin of our batting order.

Hey. I wasn't real good at math, but I knew how to figure my batting average.

I don't know how that's going to work out. That may be one of the things we fight about. I guess it will depend on which batting practice group we're hitting in.

Eric Chavez

I didn't even see Frank's swing. By the time I put down my helmet and my batting gloves and sat down, Milton went deep.

Richie Sexson

I didn't have to drive a half hour to get to a batting cage. It wasn't such a chore to leave the family and go hit. I could go down there at 9:30 at night if I wanted. I just hit a lot more.

I think they've really been worn down through the course of this game. It's been a terrific batting performance from Ricky, sensational in both innings,

It is a very good batting wicket and the outfield is fantastic. I definitely want to win the toss here.

Mike Lowell

People just yell at you more. You hit a line drive in batting practice and they're going crazy. It's actually a good feeling.

Garrett Atkins

It is encouraging to see a kid come up and do what he doing. He's got five home runs. That's more than the starting eight combined. You watch him in batting practice, and you know he is a special kind of hitter.

Greg Chappell

We need results in test cricket. Both teams are evenly matched and we are excited about this game. We got some good batting practice in Lahore.