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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Gatting at fine leg - that's a contradiction in terms.