Craig Wright Quotations

Nobody should have to breathe someone else's smoke passively and a smoking ban I am sure would be welcomed by the vast majority of people.

Overall industry production is expected to remain stable at elevated levels throughout 2006-2007.

Our finance minister remains the envy of the G-7 and perhaps beyond that.

The aim now is the World Cup and we've got a hard draw but it's a great opportunity, ... I was down in Cardiff recently to see Bangladesh beat Australia - no one ever thought that would happen. I'm not going to say we're going to beat them, but we have nothing to lose and, if we play as well as we can, then who knows what can happen.

We don't expect the dollar to continue to trade at such high levels and believe it will end 2006, a little lower, at 84 U.S. cents.

While the drag from net trade will linger in 2006, most of the impact has already been felt. Our strong dollar will not prevent Canada's growth as the economy is expected to accelerate this year.

We'd like to see what Omer can do at this level.

With the new C&G format, by all accounts those games will be at weekends. So hopefully, we will have more access to our first-choice side which is something we haven't had this year. Guys won't be forced to use up as many holidays to play and that frees up other opportunities to go abroad and play.

We need to get that last wicket as soon as possible, bat well and then get them out quickly, ... But we'd have settled for this position at the start. If we bat with discipline, I'm pretty confident.

The thriving energy sector has been a key growth driver for the province, although there are signs of strain within many other sectors that may need to be addressed quickly.

The players are gutted, and obviously there are a lot of spectators here who are disappointed too,

With due respect to the counties, it's hard to market 18 games against them a season,

Once the schedule's been absolutely rubber-stamped, we'll seek the advice of the Scottish Executive and the Foreign Office,

Although no-one has heard anything official there's every chance this could be Andy's last game. If that's the case we'd love to give him a winning send-off.

This is another indication we are capable of competing with the English counties on and off the pitch.

This is an intriguing development considering the strength of local economies and that the Southeast was leading the nation in consumer confidence only 12 months ago.

Again it was a story of not enough runs. We played pretty well to get to 100-1 but then did what we tend to do and lost wickets. It might have been closer in UK conditions but we want to be a side that can adapt.

The best we can do is beat Ireland convincingly in Aberdeen and hope that the weather also affects Ireland's match against Holland.

This is just the sort of tour that we need to prepare ourselves for further international progress. We expect to have to work hard in all these games, and it is fantastic for us to be able to play the Barbados team at the end of it all.

It's not been the most enjoyable of Bank Holiday weekends but we now know how much hard work is ahead.

It's very important to us that we get some prior experience of the unique cricketing atmosphere in the Caribbean before we go to the World Cup. Although our competitive games in a year's time will all be at the new Warner Park Stadium in St Kitts, we will have some warm-up games in Barbados, and this trip is an ideal way to find out how to play the game in these conditions.

I know I've taken a lot from it as captain, ... Even when you're losing, it still toughens you up. You learn how to cope with different and difficult situations and we've done well to keep our spirits high. These guys have worked hard. They've had a chance to watch good players every week and learn from them. Take our game against Warwickshire last week. It wasn't enjoyable to watch Nick Knight build up an innings against us but the likes of Omer Hussain and Qasim Sheikh got a lesson in how to go about that. We've a lot of good young players coming through. We've taken this experience and learned from it and now we have to put it into practice in the future.

He's one of the nicest people I've met in the game. He's a very loyal person and I wish him all the best. I think he'll do a great job,

The increased pessimism about the regional economy has offset more robust consumer confidence in the Southeast over the first six months of the year.

The fiscal environment doesn't get much better. Hopefully, we'll get something in terms of income tax ... I would think there is probably room. That would be the best of all worlds.

This is a great opportunity, we don't want to miss it. The fiscal situation in Canada is the envy of the G-7 ministers and probably well beyond that.

It's not fair to ask someone to make that jump, which is why we need to bridge the gap,

It was frustrating, but there is nothing to be gained from moping. Our best retort is to go out against Ireland and perform to our capabilities. If that happens, we give ourselves a chance.