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 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.

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

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.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

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

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’.