It was one those bad days for them [the wicket takers]. I think they bowled a bit too short, but all credit to them. They bowled splendidly well throughout the tournament [the World Cup].
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Related It was very tough, even though it was a good wicket to bat on, but a big credit to the Aussies, they... CHRIS GAYLE Rocky Point bowled really well. I thought that we bowled well too, but not nearly as well as they di... BRIAN NORDBERG I bowled in too many bad areas and bowled too many four balls but I was pleased to get five wickets. FIDEL EDWARDS Our spinners bowled well as they stuck to the task and bowled well to their fields. LEON JOHNSON We needed another wicket at that stage (95-6), but could not get it. We could have probably bowled a... RAHUL DRAVID It's nice to win in front of the home people. I bowled a pretty solid game with only one bad ball in... BRYON SMITH Credit to them, they played very well. It was not an easy wicket to bat on early on - but they playe... SOURAV GANGULY They say Shaun's similar to Brett but, at the end of the day, they're wicket-takers. I'd love to go,... JASON GILLESPIE They all bowled pretty well the first day. Conditions got a lot tougher the second day, and our bowl... JOE BOLTE Too many people are being bowled over by Bush and Tony Blair in Britain. It's ludicrous to expect th... SPIKE LEE I wasn't that happy with the way I bowled, I struggled for rhythm, I even bowled a few no-balls and ... SHANE WARNE They played very well. Give them all the credit in the world. They played a perfect game. BRIAN CAHOON Thanks to them [the wicket takers] and my other team-mates for their efforts in getting to the final... SOURAV GANGULY It's one of those ones you want to bowl every ball. I think I bowled a couple last year that were pr... ASHLEY GILES This morning I bowled fantastic. Tonight the lanes played a little bit different. I struggled at the... BEN LAUGHLIN I give them credit, too. They were down 4-3 and that must have been disheartening. They came back --... BILL WALLACE They (Pakistan) have a very good batting line-up. But our bowlers bowled very well and we took some ... RAHUL DRAVID In hindsight, given the way they used the ball, there was enough on offer. It looked like it was goi... ADAM GILCHRIST I credit them because they are fighters. Throughout the game, they felt like they were going to win. GREG ELLIS We played well in Kenya. We didn't lose a game and we bowled Pakistan out for 100 twice. We don&... SHANE WARNE It is very exciting for Pakistan that he has bowled as well as he has done here. BOB WOOLMER I think we had more energy than them throughout the night, ... I think they're in a bit of a funk no... DANIEL ALFREDSSON Especially the final phase bowled everyone over whether they were watching in the stadium or at home... MARKUS MERK It could have been better, I bowled balls in bad areas, I thought I could bowl better and more consi... FIDEL EDWARDS He has not bowled as yet. The pitch is still good for batting. We will have to work very hard to get... SHAHID AFRIDI The girls bowled well. In the first game, the girls came out firing, then they found out what place ... JOE BOLTE It's a credit to them. We shoot well against everybody else. They played great defense against us. T... JAKE HERLIHY My hat?s off to them. They were very, very good. We had something to do with it, but credit them, th... DEAN KEENER The lane conditions on the second day were absolutely horrible, but they just happened to bowl the b... JEFF MULL For Kraft it is definitely a non-core business for them and they were looking to get rid of it. For ... ALTON STUMP Our defense was a little bit of a problem, but it is a credit to them. UNH is quick, and that is one... BRIAN DUROCHER Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning... HAROLD LARWOOD One of our goals was serving. All the girls did a very good job. I don't think we started missing se... BRIAN DOYON I think he's improved quite a bit. He only lost two matches all year. One of those was in the nation... BOB ORR I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... CRAIG GROESCHEL A lot of credit to those Virginia guys, though. We got a bit of a lead on them early, and they hung ... DAVE REISCHMAN Give them credit; they shot the ball very well tonight. I don't remember them hitting any outside sh... JEFF KIND I think they knew it was coming to me, especially after the first touchdown. You gotta give them cre... BRAD WOOD Mick felt a bit of tightness warming up for last week's game, and he was still feeling it yesterday.... MARTYN MOXON For them to shoot 28 free throws was the difference in the ballgame. I think we played pretty well a... WILLIE MARYLAND Gosh, ... I bowled with the guy for 20 years, and now I?m playing golf with him? MARSHALL HOLMAN I've spoken to Wayne and he is a bit down but the injury is not too bad and it certainly won't rule ... JOE COLE The track was a good wicket to bat on and was a bit slow. It was a similar kind of wicket we might ... RAHUL DRAVID She's one of the surprises. She's bowled very well. She's been very strong because she practices. Sh... BOB BRASKO I thought maybe they would try to exploit those guys a little bit. Even when they tried, they were k... STUART SCHWEIGERT This was like a championship atmosphere. This place was packed on a Tuesday night, we never see that... GREG WAITS I'm proud of every one of them. It was a great team effort and also a bit of a traumatic experience ... DON WILSON They all did a tremendous job, I can't say enough about them for what they did. They deserve all the... CHRIS HAMILTON You have to respect those guys when they are on the ice and not give them too much room and we did t... DANY HEATLEY Ritter made some great plays. They caught everything in the world, so you have to give them credit, ... DENNY PELLEY They wrested the Perpetual Cup from Salvo in convincing nine wicket win. ASHNEY SINGH When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding. I was surprised by... POPE FRANCIS We bowled superbly in this test match. GRAEME SMITH I was surprised to see them do so well, but I don't mean that in a negative way. I'm really happy fo... HENRY OLAWOYE Going into [the Penguins Cup], we are used to being the No. 1 seed. But I give Quaker Valley all the... ALLEN BEAM It was a lot closer than 35-7. Venice deserves a lot of credit. They are well-coached and I respect ... BILL CASTLE You have to give them credit for their ability to check and they knocked us off the puck and they tu... CRAIG MACTAVISH I think the guys tried hard, but the wind played a factor. They didn't putt too well, and they got s... BILL MCLEOD We figured they were going to try to hold for the last shot, but we didn't want them to get anything... DAVE WOJCIECHOWSKI The wicket was dead for bowlers and there was nothing in it for them. SHAHID AFRIDI Give them a lot of credit: When I made a bad pitch, they took advantage of it. ANDY PETTITTE And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were retur... BIBLE We were surprised any bowlers still bowled at the bowling alley. BOB LEWIS When I bowled my hat-trick delivery, I just tried to bowl normally at the right line and it worked. IRFAN PATHAN I think the way Asif bowled with the new ball in both innings was quality stuff. He put the ball in ... RAHUL DRAVID I was getting a little sick and tired of talking them up all week. All week we praised them, and set... CHARLIE PEPRAH I didn't really want to watch while they were celebrating. When you lose the final game, it doesn't ... ANTERO NIITTYMAKI I really think they are the best team in the tournament. I know Mascoutah beat them last night, but ... BRIAN PERKES I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jump... CONNIE ALLEN They were just bad ones, and I feel bad for them, because they were hurting and screaming. If it was... DAN CORBIN Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and client... ADAM GRANT Stevens really played well. The credit goes to them; they whipped us. BRIAN NORBERG Not to belittle what I was able to do in bowling, ... Bowling was wonderful to me and I?m proud of w... MARSHALL HOLMAN I think that I'll give BC a lot of credit. George Mason, Yale, Stony Brook -- those three teams died... KELLY TRAHON I think we can knock them off their pedestal. I think we can do them but, more importantly, the team... BOB MORTON It was a different scale to a World Cup, I only learned that last time. But then again, they [the IO... ALAIN BAXTER The last over wasn't so stressful. The 48th over was more tense because before I bowled it Graeme (S... ANDREW HALL I give all the credit to the offensive line. They opened the holes. All we had to do was run through... BUDDY GARCIA I think the first period came a little bit too easy for them. ADOLPH BRINK They change ends well, they do shoot it well, and they put it on the floor and drive. There's a reas... DAVE PORTER That basically tells you you've performed all year long. It's kind of a bonus. Some guys say they wa... DANNY WISEMAN It wasn't a bad couple days work for the young Trojans. I was very proud of them. DENNY PLYLER Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit mo... A. LOU VICKERY We didn't play well enough against an outstanding opponent. Give them credit for what they did … I... BRIAN BILLICK I saw David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man' when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I fo... BEN DANIELS I didn't want to get on them too bad because I saw so much better out of them. I didn't want them to... DEREK STINGLEY They do a great job and get their hands up. I'm going to give them all the credit in the world defen... AARON MEYER It was just a war the entire game…two teams battling, one big knockout punch after another. I give... DALE MABREY I asked them: Does it hurt? And the scar people nodded, yes. But it felt somehow wonderful, they sai... AIMEE BENDER They all had stories. They had mothers or fathers, sisters or lovers. They weren't alone in the worl... NAOMI NOVIK Today was just one of those days where we didn't play very well. All we can do now is start preparin... GREG ALLEN We weren't rotating very well on our top two people. Then we changed to a 3-2, and that confused the... BOB BLAKE It [the World Cup] is a pressure tournament, and you have to deliver. I think we have lived up to th... SOURAV GANGULY I thought when they got the punt return that it was going to be tough for us to keep them out of the... JEFF GRONNER We lost the edge in the third. I give them all the credit in the world. They came back and fought ex... JAY BAVLISH I usually don't wear those. It was one of those days I decided to throw them on. BEN GORDON We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I just think (Connecticut) is so good, so well-coached. T... JOE DESANTIS I thought we did a pretty good job on those guys (Baker and Bacon), but in the end they were the dif... GARY JUSTASON The girls were just going after it for bragging rights, just to give them one loss. Any time a team'... KAREN GARMON It was a great tournament for us. We wanted to win them all tonight. The kids are heartbroken but ov... JEFF MATCZAK
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