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

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

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.

Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

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.

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.

But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.