Occupation: Cricketer Birth: December 6, 1977
There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can..
If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you..
I'm not keen on making predictions..
I'm comfortable in the way I play and comfortable in who I am..
If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard..
I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope.
I like to think I'm calm. Sometimes I have arrived at the ground in the morning in a bad mood - you're not always going to be in the best of moods ar….
I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form..
I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help..
Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it..
Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct..
It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne.
It's a big part of my life, listening to music and watching TV..
Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents..
That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I be….
I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties..
It's usually the funny comments which are the better ones - and they are good for the game..
But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for….
There are of course mornings when you wouldn't mind a lie in..
I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do ….
My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life..