Quotes by Isa Guha - Page 2

We used to live five minutes from the local cricket club in High Wycombe. My brother Kaush, who is seven years older, played there.
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Cricket
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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.
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Articles
Achievements
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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.'
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Runs
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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.
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Comfort Zone
Premier League
Sydney
Zone
Leagues
Premier
Toughest
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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.
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Calling
Cricket
Mates
Broadcast
Lighthearted
Pub
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When you start off a T20 innings you want someone who is going to be hitting the top of off stump, causing problems and being quite disciplined with the ball.
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Hitting
Causing
Disciplined
Innings
Stump
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I think it's always really important in broadcast to be able to get different views across and not just go down one route, because that's essentially journalism.
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Journalism
Views
Across
Broadcast
Essentially
Route
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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.
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Australia
Beats
National Team
Never Forget
Time Day First Time
Pleasing
Stratford
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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.
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Recognise
Board
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Kohli scores so freely. He's like Joe Root in that before you know it, he's on 30 off 20 balls. He is also the master of the chase - he calculates so the risks so perfectly.
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Balls
Chase
Master
Freely
Joe
Perfectly
Root
Scores
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Broadcasters realise there is a large percentage of women that watch cricket and it was the Caribbean Premier League that first got me to commentate a men's international T20.
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Broadcasters
Caribbean
Cricket
International
Premier League
Men Women Me
Women Men Me
Large
Large Percentage
Percentage
Premier
Realise
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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.
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Add
Different Perspective
Negativity
Perspective
Reminding
Men Women Myself
Sport
Women Men Myself
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Playing cricket has given me an excellent opportunity to get fit and healthy, meet people of similar interests, integrate with people of different backgrounds and see the world.
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Backgrounds
Cricket
Different Backgrounds
Healthy
Opportunity World Me
Integrate
Interests
Similar
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I love the multi-format series. Within it they've found a way to retain Test matches and England v Australia in the Test arena, they were always my favourite matches to play in.
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Arena
England
Favourite
Series
Love Always Way
Matches
Retain
Test
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In 2015, I was privileged to host the first ever televised Women's Test match during the 2015 Women's Ashes on Sky Sports, which saw every game covered of the multi-format series.
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Sports
Ashes
Covered
Host
Privileged
Series
Sky
Game
Saw
Match
Televised
Test
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I realised my dream of playing for England when I first met Claire Taylor and then Charlotte Edwards at the age of 11. I didn't even know there was an England Women's team until then.
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Charlotte
Claire
Realised
Taylor
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I'd like to thank my family and friends for their continual support over the years and to all those involved in helping me develop as a cricketer of which there are too many to mention.
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Family And Friends
Helping
Involved
Support
Family Me Support
Develop
Mention
Thank
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I've been lucky in that my parents have always supported me with my cricket, but I've seen so many young Asian girls who don't keep up their sporting interests after the age of 12 or 13.
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Cricket
Age Always Me
Age Me Cricket
Supported
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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.
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Covering
Pace
Time Work Your
Work Time Game
No Time
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As part of the England women's cricket team, we had our own rickety period at the end of 2005 through to the beginning of 2007. Learning from our mistakes, by 2009 we were the best team in the world.
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My dream was always to play for England, having grown up in the U.K . Playing India as part of my first test match was a coincidence, and it was never an issue. My job was to do a good job for England!
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Coincidence
Good Job
Good Always Never
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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.
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Cricket
Handle
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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.
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Balance
Cricket
Different Things
Different Times
Focus
Studies
Tour
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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.
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Asian
Boundaries
Development
England
Selection
Treated
Anyone
Anyone Else
Side
Pitch
Extra
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Performed
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The 'Natmeg' from England's Natalie Sciver attracted a lot of attention as a brilliant piece of improvisation, which requires every bit as much talent as a Tillakaratne Dilshan 'scoop,' or a Jos Buttler 'ramp' shot.
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Attention
Brilliant
England
Improvisation
Ramp
Talent
Bit
Shot
Natalie
Piece
Requires
Scoop
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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.
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Broke
Cricket
Garden
Thin
Windows
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What I love in television is when you have the banter between the presenters, that's what makes a really good programme. That's why it is so important for me to have good relationships with people I'm commentating with.
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Love Good Me
Good Relationships
Programme
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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.
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Journalistic
For Example
Whereas
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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.
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Hunger
Learning Curve
Long Term
World Cup
Curve
Great Learning
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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.
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Scared
Stronger
Thames
Life Great Me
Ball
Bat
Daunting
Leg
Valley
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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.
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Cricket
Different Countries
Best Women Great
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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.
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Cricket
Performing
Secret
Welcome
Male
No Secret
Stating
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I remember my England debut, in 2002. It came in Jersey, in a triangular tournament with New Zealand and India. To say that it did not generate great local interest is putting it mildly: our first game, against India, attracted a handful of spectators.
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Debut
England
Handful
India
Jersey
New Zealand
Spectators
Attracted
Generate
Local
Putting
Tournament
Zealand
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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.
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Zone
Bowler
Right One
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England Women regularly play against Under-15 and U-17 county men's sides, which is great for the girls to take them out of their comfort zones. It's important to find a balance, though, because the way in which women's cricket is played is still very different.
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County
Cricket
Sides
Zone
Men Women Great
Women Men Great
Regularly
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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.
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Girl
Academy
Assured
Bounce
County
Cricket
England
Mph
Tall
Men Women Game
Game
Faced
Women Men Game
Grown
Trained
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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.
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Debut
Mixed Feelings
Bred
Mixed
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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.
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Cricket
Chat
Comedians
Important Time
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