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.

Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions

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.

Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law, for a month, with all expenses paid.

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.

I'm not a great one for looking back.

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