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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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