He'd certainly be pushing for it, yeah. I think he has been and the stats would probably back it up. Time and time again he takes wickets with that new ball. Once you get one or two down with that new ball and he's still in the middle of a spell it's going to be hard work for any opposition side.


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RICKY SKAGGS
Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstor...
RICKY JAY
I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were...
RICKY SCHRODER
Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, persevera...
RICKY MARTIN
I don't think anything can prepare you for the 'Strictly' experience. It really is insan...
RICKY WHITTLE
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made...
RICKY JAY
They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same.
RICKY NELSON
Just believe in what you're doing, and keep doing it.
RICKY NELSON
You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.
RICKY NELSON
We all have to go through our own spiritual process. It is very difficult. Some people are strugglin...
RICKY MARTIN
I've performed in China, France, New Delhi, and Indianapolis, and everybody just allows themselv...
RICKY MARTIN
Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell ...
RICKY MARTIN
I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.
RICKY MARTIN
Ignore the ignorant.
RICKY MARTIN
The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Eve...
RICKY MARTIN
I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbe...
RICKY MARTIN
Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be prou...
RICKY MARTIN
I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the wor...
RICKY MARTIN
One day I'm riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on...
RICKY MARTIN
I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I...
RICKY MARTIN
When you take things too seriously, you get old. You have to be silly. Whenever people say, 'Hey...
RICKY MARTIN
When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committ...
RICKY MARTIN
Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the o...
RICKY MARTIN
Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you're bo...
RICKY MARTIN
Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the messa...
RICKY MARTIN
I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are conside...
RICKY MARTIN
I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.
RICKY MARTIN
A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two t...
RICKY MARTIN
These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come f...
RICKY MARTIN
The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.
RICKY MARTIN
Country's hip; it's cool music.
RICKY SKAGGS
To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.
RICKY NELSON
I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
RICKY GERVAIS
I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I a...
RICKY WILLIAMS
I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
RICKY SCHRODER
You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to y...
RICKY MARTIN
There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famo...
RICKY GERVAIS
Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our tim...
RICKY JAY
The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I c...
RICKY WHITTLE
My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to ...
RICKY SCHRODER
It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. ...
RICKY SCHRODER
I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with ...
RICKY SCHRODER
I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white dr...
RICKY WHITTLE
In all of your living, don't forget to live.
RICKY MAYE
I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials...
RICKY SCHRODER
When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist....
RICKY MARTIN
I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to pract...
RICKY WILLIAMS
Every collaboration with a new person is like when you take a bin of Legos and dump them on the floo...
RICKY REED
I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power e...
RICKY SCHRODER
I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!
RICKY MARTIN
It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. Ther...
RICKY SKAGGS
I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good c...
RICKY WILLIAMS
Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone fr...
RICKY MARTIN