''Even I have long hair like Dhoni but I can't keep it open since I am not playing but I have made a pony tail."
Seems like Shah Rukh Khan is the latest to be bitten by the 'Dhoni bug'. Now who's the bigger star?

"My dad runs a takeaway in Paisley and I have to help out this weekend because my mum and brother are both away in Pakistan, one of our chefs is unavailable and our delivery driver has gone to jail for three weeks."
Well, that's one reason (or two) to make yourself unavailable for Scotland. With a few players withdrawing from the Ireland match, Majid Haq's excuse was the most bizarre

"Murali will complete 1000 Test wickets but they would count as mere run-outs in my eyes."
Bishan Bedi doesn't seem to tire of baiting Muttiah Muralitharan

"They should be forced to play their next game in short trousers."
Veteran cricket writer John Woodcock on England's childish behaviour at Trent Bridge

"I'm driving a Porsche Carrera; what's your car?"
Sledging by an England player picked up on a stump microphone at Trent Bridge

"People say that sport is not a matter of life and death, but for a few seconds there I thought my number was up."
Kevin Pietersen is not too proud to reveal that Sreesanth's beamer was the first time he was shaken up on a cricket pitch


"They definitely came from a fielder and I just felt it was insulting."
Zaheer Khan explains why he was unhappy with an England 'prank' of lobbing jelly beans in his batting crease

"I think he prefers the blue ones to the pink ones."
Paul Collingwood pours petrol on the fire. Zaheer had the last laugh with
five second-innings wickets


"For f***'s sake."
Non striker Michael Vaughan after Sreesanth bowled a head-high beamer at Kevin Pietersen. Sreesanth was later fined 50% of his match fee after earlier barging into Vaughan deliberately


"The problem is when you behave like he behaves, then people will start to ask questions."
Michael Holding's views on Sreesanth after a head-high beamer to Kevin Pietersen


"He's a batsman with a pair of gloves, maybe for no apparent reason."
David Lloyd doesn't give Mahendra Singh Dhoni's keeping a huge vote of confidence as he fumbles the ball