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

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.

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.

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

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’.