My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

Pravin Tambe is bigger inspiration than me for young cricketers

What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

I was telling people if every time I answered a question about Multan I got a rupee, I would be a multimillionaire by now.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.