All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy.

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

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.

If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test