Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes

The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates.

I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.

What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here

The most famous cricketers are too big to play county cricket.

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.