There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in.

I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.

I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.

I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.

When I have a day off, I will have a day off.

But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for a living

Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents.