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 4th week

I’ve killed myself! It is a nice wicket to bat on and I was set. Still I played that shot. I can never forget it. You don’t get such opportunities in international cricket regularly. - Sourav Ganguly on his soft dismissal in the first innings of the second Test.

When I bat in the middle, I feel as if God is there batting it out for me. It composes me, stabilises me and focuses me in the crease. - Carl Hooper.

Being flexible is the key to good captaincy. And for that, the Prince of Kolkata has to remember that he is the captain of India. - Sunil Gavaskar on Sourav Ganguly's captaincy at Guyana.

Believe you me. At this stage in my career, I don’t really pay attention to critics. If you listen to people you wouldn’t do anything in your life. This is not about answering critics anymore. This is about me trying to make the best of a God-given talent and doing the best that I possibly can do. - Carl Hooper

I definitely think we miss Anil Kumble. It's a little bit hard for a man of his calibre to sit out of the game and I really feel sorry for him, but that's the way things go sometimes. - Javagal Srinath on the dropping of Anil Kumble from the second Test

At present, he is the best batsman of the world, undoubtedly. I might have won more matches for the West Indies than he has won for India, but no other batsman in the world is as consistent as he - Brian Lara on Sachin Tendulkar

You mean the nick he had at the beginning of Hooper's innings? I don't think even the best wicket-keeper in the world would have been able to catch that. - Sourav Ganguly on Carl Hooper's early inside edge that brushed Deep Dasgupta's gloves.

You should not allow the wicket-keepers to open the innings in Tests. It is inhuman. - Geoffrey Boycott on Deep Dasgupta's role as wicket-keeper/opener.

A lot of people seem to think we are a very poor team. That is not true at all. We have a lot of very talented players and we're not scared of any team in the world. - Carl Hooper

My jaw was throbbing a bit, but I took a few painkillers and had to bat on because, at that point of time, we couldn't have afford my leaving the field. It wouldn't have been right. - Rahul Dravid on getting hit en route to 144 not out.

Basically this series will be won by the team making fewer mistakes. So you can't support anyone. - Geoffrey Boycott, when asked which team he supported in this series.