When it comes to sledging, I think people often get the wrong view.

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?

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

If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.

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

It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game.