If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard.

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

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy

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

I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

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