The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

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.

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

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

When a cricketer gets hit in the private parts, he hopes the pain will go away very soon but the swelling doesn't!

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.

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