First and foremost, I felt it was time that I spent more time with my family, |
I have two young boys and a wonderfully supportive partner who I would like to spend more time with. |
I just have to make sure that I keep going. |
I just want some quiet time. |
I thought their application was non-existent and I'm not quite sure what sort of state they're in. |
My ego's bruised but I've climbed too many hills for this to be the end, |
The pride's been dented, of course, but I've had time to come to terms with it. There's two ways; I can either fight it or say goodbye, and I'm not done yet. |
There have been some outstanding individual efforts on this tour, but collectively it's been great, |
There's no point in trying to up-play the Zimbabwean effort. I thought they were dreadful to be honest, |
When we get a top side we are pretty good and we will have a chance to measure ourselves in the next six months when we play against sides such as Australia. Potentially we remain a very good side. |
Without his scalpel and his expertise, I would never have achieved what I did on the park. |