One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.
Cricket, like all sport, offers glory to few and a lifetime of it to even fewer. For the investment it demands, it offers short careers that end when people in other professions are starting to flourish.
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.
From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
I was never any good at cricket thought I love it as a, as a sort of mystery.
Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.
You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.
To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.