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

Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.

I like to think I'm calm. Sometimes I have arrived at the ground in the morning in a bad mood - you're not always going to be in the best of moods are you? - but by the time you get into the ground and you have a brew then it's normally fine.

Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.

I'm not keen on making predictions.

While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering how I can help, if there is anything I can offer.

I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do it myself, I don't leave it to the missus.