If you're a fast bowler, you are there to bowl fast and knock the stumps over and hit the batsmen, |
It was an interesting experience because we got to share and spend time with other people who have cancer stories. It was definitely somewhat of an emotional experience. |
It will go down as one of the great moments in sportsmanship. He could have hugged his mates and celebrated, but he chose to put his arm around me. |
It's always a fine line. If you overdo (aggression) it's 'ugly Australians', but if you have a smile on your face it's Australia being too nice. |
It's very challenging. The most important thing you need as a sportsman is to be clear on what you're actually doing. |
Jacques Kallis is brilliant - he's also very patient, and has the ability to turn a match around. When Stuart Clark got his wicket, it set the whole snowball effect going. We were really lifted again - we'd been a bit down for a while because we weren't really playing to our normal standard. But as soon as we got that wicket, we picked up a cog, and that was great. |
My idol growing up was Allan. |
Since the start of the Ashes I have had a hectic workload. I've played almost every game, but I'm thinking that after South Africa and the Bangladesh series I can clock off for two or three months. It's like Friday afternoon for a guy who goes to work all week. |
We spoke about a number of things from conventional swing to reverse swing and different lines and lengths. |
We tried to work on being ruthless, just hitting the top of off-stump consistently. |
We've seen in the papers that we've been smashed by England. All credit to them: they played fantastically well. But if we actually dissect exactly what happened, it came down to a couple of edgy draws and a game where we were beaten by two runs. It was a lot closer than everyone made out. |
When you are bowling at such a high velocity and trying to get momentum through the crease and try to bowl a yorker you only look at a slight variation in your trajectory to the wicket. |
Whilst I am disappointed that I can't play the final match in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series, I am grateful that I can return home and give priority to getting my health right. |