The only way to give satisfaction in all these quarters is by inspiring his men to win more cricket matches than they lose.

Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.

Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.

If Illingworth had not put a personal bomb under John Snow; those Ashes would never have been won.

I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.

Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.

A bout of jaundice took the edge off my stamina once and for all and I realised then that human bodies are not like vintage motor cars. No amount of rebuilding and polishing has the same effect.