Bruce Reid is not the worst batsman there is at international level but those who are worse would not need to hire the Myer Music Bowl to hold a convention.

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.

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

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

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

A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.

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.