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!

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

Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played in its history and development.

Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out

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

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

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