Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

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.

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.

Out in the field, you haven't got anyone whispering into your ear saying all sorts of things, you've got to do it yourself.

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.

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.