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.

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

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

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

The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.