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Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark
I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's the only way I can approach it.
You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy.
If you can't laugh at yourself or take any type of criticism or comment about yourself, I think it's more of a reflection of you.
it's a reminder of one of the greatest lessons of all: live as if you'll live forever, but live each day as if it were your last.
My mum and dad both worked full-time jobs to send my sister and I to public school, and to allow us to play the sports we wanted.
You have to think about ways of improving the helmet all the time, balancing protection with being able to move and see the ball.
I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn it off.
I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.
I love keeping. I'm in the game all the time. I see angles that I wouldn't normally see, and I feel part of what the captain does.
Not just cricket, we are doing clothing for football, hockey etc. It's basic stuff, but good designing is what I am looking to do.
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
Actually nobody can be perfect in cricket. Everybody makes mistakes. It is important to learn from your mistakes and correct them.
Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.
I've always said, in India and England especially, but all around the world, it's hard to start your innings against good attacks.
Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.
One-day cricket and T20s have vastly different identities and one cannot look at it through the mere lens of 'white-ball cricket.'
You need the management personnel who can help you out with various things. The captain can't be asked to get into every decision.
I am disappointed at not being able to live up to the expectations of my supporters, but every cricketer goes through such a time.
I have seen a lot of top players being forced to retire in not very pleasant circumstances, and I don't want that happening to me.
There are cricket-loving people here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I've enjoyed a lot playing in India in my cricketing career.
When you play cricket for India, you are always under the scanner. You are always judged by others; you have to live up to it all.
I don't believe in rankings. Sometimes the rankings surprise me. I don't think it's fair to judge a team on the basis of rankings.
It's important to make sure your players have the mindset that playing international cricket is still the ultimate form of cricket.
I think only a batsman will be able to tell you about the goose bumps he gets after hitting a perfect cover drive. I'm one of them.
I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.
A bowler should be allowed to point out to an umpire that a batsman is backing up, leaving the officials to watch what is going on.
I think I'm extremely lucky to have been able to go through a separation with the mother of my child and us still be great friends.
Edgbaston is a ground where you have to think on your feet because it can vary so much from season to season or session to session.
Seeing off the new ball is important for me. I know that once I do that, the only way I could get out could be from my own mistake.
Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.
I want my wardrobe to be full of good clothes, so that when I'm deciding what to wear, I don't run out of options. I love shopping!
There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.
The India series wasn't the only reason I retired. It was the culmination of 18 months where things had probably changed in my life.
As a player, when things are going against you, you look to the captain to inject some energy but I don't see any of that from Amla.
The old player in me can certainly sympathise with how your targets change because you simply do not know what is around the corner.
It is difficult to master the skill of scoring runs from a 90mph delivery that is dug into your armpit or is fizzing past your nose.
I certainly do not want to be remembered as a good captain who perhaps didn't contribute with the bat as much as he might have done.
Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.
The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.
I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.
It is sad that some people in the media like to create stories to sell their media, without any real facts to back up their stories.
My father was a farmer, and we have had some farming land in Haryana. Maybe I would have followed his footsteps and become a farmer.
I didn't wear a helmet because I wanted to show that the bowler wasn't intimidating me, and also that's just the way I liked to bat.
Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.
I often speak about tennis being one of the most important sports when I was growing up, for my hand-eye coordination and quick feet.
I am disappointed to find myself accused in some papers of supplying the offending sweets, particularly as I am a fruit pastille man.
What do you think this is, a f****** tea party? No you can't have a f****** glass of water, you can f****** wait like the rest of us.