I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I felt that this player is playing with a style similar to mine, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...his compactness, technique, stroke production - it all seemed to gel!

May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.

The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public my interpretation of its character in the same way that a pianist might interpret the works of Beethoven.

Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know

Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe.

Test Cricket is not a light-hearted business, especially that between England and Australia.

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.