In any international sporting career an opportunity comes along that you have to grab. Mine came at Old Trafford in 1985 when I was recalled to the England team to face Australia. It was a huge chance to prove I belonged in the Test side but I failed to take it.
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What you can never do on a slow pitch is bowl with any width. If you bowl straight it's almost impossible to get the ball away.
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No matter how bad your hotel is, take a deep breath, because if you can get through a night, it won't seem quite so bad the following morning.
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The old player in me can certainly sympathise with how your targets change because you simply do not know what is around the corner.
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Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to do a fraction, up or down or side to side, and you get someone out.
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I love Rome and the way that you can wander around and find something interesting around every street corner. You can smell the history.
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