Top 20 Quotes From Cricket World Cup 2023
Australia defeated India in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on a marathon tournament. A look at 20 of the best quotes from the 48-match, 46-day event.
"We have to be cautious with these bookings, because our primary aim is patient care. We can't just hand out a bed to watch the match."
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-- A doctor in Ahmedabad telling AFP how Indian fans were staying in a local hospital and booking medical check-ups ahead of the tournament's big-ticket game with Pakistan. Staying in the hospital worked out cheaper than staying in hotels where some rates had been jacked up seven times the normal price.
"To be honest I never thought that I would play a World Cup because I have come from so low (background)."
-- India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj who feared his humble roots as the son of a Hyderabad auto-rickshaw driver would shatter his dreams.
"What has been tough is the fact that we've been under a massive amount of security. It's almost like we've been back in Covid times, where you were almost secluded to your floor and your team room."
-- Pakistan director of cricket Mickey Arthur on the stifling security for his team in India.
"It is not as romantic as it sounds but I am fine with being the fast bowling delivery guy."
-- Netherlands fast bowler Paul van Meekeren telling AFP of when he worked as an Uber Eats driver to make ends meet during the pandemic.
"Yes, we lost to India due to making mistakes but the stopped bus will now take two points from every stop."
-- Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali.
"Where does it leave the bowlers? If all we want to see is fours, we have T20, play two T20 matches."
-- India coach Rahul Dravid on the big totals and pitch conditions at the World Cup skewing the tournament in favour of batsmen.
"It was strange. I have experienced it before in first-class cricket in Wellington when the fog came in. This game continues to provide wonderful things, doesn't it? It was an amazing experience."
-- New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell on the carpet of fog which held up play in the game with India at Dharamsala in the shadows of the Himalayas.
"I think the only time I'm affected by the air quality is when my golf ball goes up in the air and I can't see it but apart from that absolutely no stress."
-- Australia's Mitchell Marsh shrugging off fears over the air quality in New Delhi.
"That was crazy, a freak show, you've got no options as a bowler when someone is running as hot as that. It's the cleanest hitting you're going to see."
-- Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Glenn Maxwell hitting the World Cup's fastest hundred off 40 balls in the win over the Netherlands.
