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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.
People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.
I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?
The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.
Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB... I listen to it all. When I'm not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don't think about batting, or which bowlers I'm going to face.
I'm proud of what I've achieved in cricket, as once I didn't think I was good enough.
My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.
The bowlers I respected or feared or rated were not the ones who gave me lip or stared at me or abused me. More the ones who, at any stage of the game, when had they had the ball in hand, they were going to be at me, and they were going to have the skill and the fitness and the ability to be aggressive.