I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties.

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

I'm not really superstitious - I don't have any lucky charms or a mascot.

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.

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

It's a big part of my life, listening to music and watching TV.

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.