When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.

The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.

Coogee is a delightful, slightly old-fashioned suburb; it has parks and gardens and reserves, a good well-kept beach, and an excellent promenade above the beach. It is a suburb for people who appreciate those aspects of life.

The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.

It was sad leaving the BBC; not quite like being divorced, but you don't leave after a period stretching from 1960 to 1999 without feeling a certain number of pangs.