We had a quiet spell and now it's silly again.

Like all good cricket matches, there may be quiet spells during the game, but it's only the final result that really matters.

'With a player like David, you know he'll have a quiet spell, and then hit a hat-trick,' he says.

'He's gone through what might be regarded as a quiet spell this season,' said Clough.

As in every good garden, there is no quiet spell.

He might be having a quiet spell for the moment, but somehow I don't think the universe is likely to leave him alone for long.

It's a quiet spell, with India regrouping after those two quick wickets.

After a fairly quiet spell, she said, he re-emerged in late June.

"All's well," he lied, grateful that his tracing on the monitor happened to be going through a quiet spell.

Often the quiet spells were as good as the talky ones.