Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.
One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.
You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.
Cricket, like all sport, offers glory to few and a lifetime of it to even fewer. For the investment it demands, it offers short careers that end when people in other professions are starting to flourish.
Cricket was my reason for living.
I am amused by cricket because it seems to take longer than baseball and I like that. It seems like a sport I could have made up it - it takes several days to play and everyone wears sweaters. I can't confess to knowing what's going on at all.
I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.
I have played cricket on my own terms.
Being with all those great bowlers was the greatest three days I ever had.
In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.