Pithy remarks and quotable quotes. Wordsworth takes the best statements of the week and packages them into one exciting feature. From quotes that help you delve further into the psyche of players to acerbic barbs from incensed cricketers to remarks that are just downright hilarious, we have them all. They may not quite be "from the mouths of babes and sucklings," but they are just as interesting.

April 3rd week

Sachin is a great batsman, but we have the bowlers who can get him out. I am sure he'll have his days on this tour. We just hope he doesn't score too many. - Carl Hooper on Sachin Tendulkar.

We were a little concerned about Deep Dasgupta's keeping, but he did well in the side match. His batting gives the team a lot of balance. - Sourav Ganguly

Brian Lara is the one man we will all be looking to get out. We know how hard it is to get his wicket, and we'll have to make sure we give our best against him. - Zaheer Khan

We accommodated the Indians at all turns. It was they who said they wanted the game. It was they who said the Guyana team could take the first strike. After that, what they did while batting was very disappointing. - Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket Board, after the Indians batted negatively in a limited- overs game.

Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar are the hardest batsmen to bowl against, but the West Indian has troubled me more. - Muttiah Muralitharan

It is a fact that people don't like change, and they are not going to like this programme because it is not the same old thing. So we have to change or perish, it is as obvious as that - Wes Hall, president of the West Indies Cricket Board.

There has been a myth going around that the West Indian players are strong technically. - West Indian coach Roger Harper

They are coming to win. - Sir Garfield Sobers on the touring Indians.

I have been desperate to make a hundred before my home crowd for so long that, when the moment finally arrives, you can let yourself go. - West Indies skipper Carl Hooper after making a hundred in the first Test against India.