It is often argued that left-handed batsmen have an advantage compared with the right-handers. I do not agree.

Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.

It is often argued that left-handed batsmen have an advantage compared with the right-handers. I do not agree.

I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.