"Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket." — Nasser Hussain

Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.

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.

Spinners are a funny breed. If they're playing on seaming pitches they moan and if they're about to play on real 'Bunsen burners' they reckon the pressure is on them.

Whether that was in the Chepauk Stadium in Madras or at the Ilford Cricket School, there was a daily diet of cricket run by my dad. It was a hard school but he knew what he was doing. Everything I achieved was down to my dad.