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

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. It’s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a life it is. Some would even go as far as to say, ‘marvellous’.

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.

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

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.

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