The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

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

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

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.

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

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

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