Top 55 Isa Guha Quotes

T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.

Jess Ennis, Chrissie Ohuruogu, Vicky Pendleton and Laura Trott, to name a few, have acted as female role models in England.

If you work towards goals, everything is achievable.

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we’d played a few more Test matches.

I started playing cricket with my brother in our back garden when I was eight. The garden was long and thin, so it was perfect for us to play cricket in. We’d use a crate as the wicket. We broke quite a few windows.

It is important for big names such as Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri to get on board and recognise that women do actually understand the game and they can play as well.

When I was 11 I was scouted by the Thames Valley under-21s. It was really daunting. I was scared for my life when I went in to bat. The first ball hit me on the leg, the second ball got me out, so it wasn’t great but it made me stronger.

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

I like Tendulkar and I think the Indian batsmen are stylish but I support England and I have always wanted to play for England.

You never know how you’re going to go down as an English commentator in Australia.

To people who don’t take women’s cricket seriously, I’d say: just watch a game first, and then make your judgement.

People in the U.K. should support who they want to but I would like them to think that playing for England is an option.

I don’t have much knowledge about Indian culture, but I try to keep a tab of what’s happening down here.

I think T20 cricket has become the flagship spectacle for women’s cricket.

That’s how cricket should be broadcast. Ball-by-ball calling is important but you’ve got to be lighthearted like you’re down the pub with your mates.

A level of negativity around women working in men’s sport is still present in the U.K., but I keep reminding myself that I’m there to do a job and add a different perspective.

Asian parents generally tend to channel their children, especially their daughters, into studying and not sport.

In T20, I think it’s really valuable to have a bowler who can bring the ball back into the right hander at pace.

Naturally, any time that our national team beats Australia is pleasing but the first time we beat them in 10 years at Stratford in 2005 was a day I’ll never forget.

Once you get on the pitch you know you’ve got a job to do.

I went through a phase after we won the World Cup of ‘what am I going to do with my life.’

When we won the 2009 World Cup in Australia, we flew economy, shared hotel rooms and had a 10:45 P.M. curfew.

It’s been great to see broadcasters waking up to the fact that women do offer a different perspective.

It’s about who holds their nerve under pressure.

With tournaments such as the Women’s Big Bash and the Kia Super League, women are now well practised in the art of big strokeplay.

T20 is the vehicle to make cricket a truly global game.

When the cricket is serious and it’s a really important time in the middle we focus on that but obviously when it isn’t there is a lot of time to chat and we can use that as time to bring the comedians in a bit more. We get the balance right between getting the calling of the cricket right but having some fun as well.

I wasn’t aware of women’s cricket until I was 10. We grew up following the men’s game.

In Twenty20, because of the pace of the game, everyone is constantly involved in the field, you have to work as a team covering each other, there’s no time to take your eye off the ball.

We won’t necessarily sledge so much but we do have that attitude of ‘They’re not going to score the runs, we’re going to take the wickets.’

Back in 2005, we lost in the semi-final of the World Cup and that was a great learning curve for the team. It gave us a goal and even more of a hunger to win the World Cup, so we went away and set ourselves a long-term plan to do it.

There isn’t a traditional background of Asian women playing sport, but that’s changing.

I do speak a bit of Bengali.

I’ve always been an England fan. I was born and bred here.

I read the Guardian when I can get it, but I have to admit I mostly turn to the sport.

It would be great to see more Asian women playing cricket at every level.

I prioritise different things at different times, so when a cricket tour is coming up, cricket takes priority. But then there are times when I need to focus on my studies. I think it’s good to have a balance.

Before my parents came to England from Calcutta in the 1970s, they used to go to games at Eden Gardens.

As a pundit, it’s important to tell the viewer something they might not know, be unbiased and not sit on the fence.

As an athlete there are times in your career where, during a game, any decision you make seems to be the right one. The bowler bowls where you want, you don’t have to think and you are so ‘in the zone’ that you are not aware of anything else around you.

England is leading the way in women’s cricket.

I made my England debut when I was 17, against India. I was the first Asian to play for the England women’s team, and I did have mixed feelings playing against the country my parents are from but I was born and bred in England and I’ve always known I wanted to play for my country.

I’ve never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it’s something of which I’d be very proud.

Many England girls have grown up playing men’s cricket and trained in county men’s academies, so they’ve faced 70-80 mph bowling. So when it comes to the women’s game you have a 75mph bowler who’s not as tall and not getting as much bounce, you feel more assured.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

It’s about being true to who you are as a person. For example, I’m not going to shy away from an opinion because I have played cricket, whereas other women who haven’t played cricket might be more journalistic about their approach.

It’s no secret that women’s cricket needs India performing on the global stage, and any male support is welcome – with key voices like Sachin Tendulkar stating that women’s cricket is critical to the future of our game, hopefully people will listen.

It’s definitely good to play out of my comfort zone, especially in the Sydney Premier League which is one of the toughest leagues in the world.

I am following the IPL. I think it would be great for the women’s game, creating more competition and showcasing the world’s best players from different countries. It would also be a stepping-stone to women’s cricket becoming professional.

It has been a pleasure to play alongside some truly special cricketers and to see them grow as players.

It goes without saying that I try to do everything to the best of my ability.

My parents are proud of my achievements. They send articles to my grandparents in India. Everyone’s happy I’m doing something I want to do.

My brother was playing hockey, tennis, badminton… I basically copied everything he did.

From playing cricket in a boys team I had to learn quite quickly how to handle them and I’ve always felt quite comfortable in that environment. Because I feel comfortable, I’d like to think they do too.

I wasn’t treated different to anyone else, I just performed on the pitch and that helped my selection for the ‘Development England’ side at the age of 13 and I had no extra boundaries just because I was Asian.