The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

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.

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

My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

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

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

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.