With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up.

I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.

I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while.

The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can.

It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't.