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

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.

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

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.

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

Bruce Reid is not the worst batsman there is at international level but those who are worse would not need to hire the Myer Music Bowl to hold a convention.

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