A Quote by Simon Barnes

An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured the Ashes for England [on Pietersen's Ashes winning innings, 2005

Simon Barnes

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Ashes Brainless Eccentric England Extraordinary Innings Masterpiece Neurotic Savagery Secured Violence Watchfulness Winning

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Simon Barnes
English - Journalist
Born: 1951

Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.

Drew Pomeranz

As an opening batsman, it's my responsibility to spend as much time in the middle as I can and try and get big scores in the first innings so that we don't have to bat in the second innings.

K. L. Rahul

You're just trying to go out there and give seven innings. Seven innings, 105 pitches, that's a good outing.

Max Scherzer

When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.

Max Scherzer

I started playing well and felt comfortable. That season a set a Jamestown record of consecutive innings pitched with out a walk. (40 2\3 innings, i think) and was named Jamestown Pitcher of the Year.

Graham Taylor

After you score 300 runs in one innings, you begin to feel that every innings should be close to this one. Of course, I know that won't happen. But I will be disappointed if I get going well and am unable to convert it into a huge score.

Virender Sehwag

In sport, there is always room for improvement. Whenever I see my innings against the West Indies or Australia, I think, 'Maybe, I could have done this better or should have changed that.' See, cricket is a skill game, and one can always improve upon the impact one has on an innings.

Yuvraj Singh

You cannot judge a team accurately on the basis of the first-innings leads they have secured.

Ravichandran Ashwin

The game is nine innings. It's not two, three. It doesn't matter if it's the fifth through the seventh or the seventh through the ninth. It's not two innings - it's nine.

Giancarlo Stanton

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there's a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe there's another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.

Harsha Bhogle

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, theres a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe theres another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.

Harsha Bhogle

I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.

Michael Clarke

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings.