Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as well, and we played a lot together. When it was just me on my own, I was bowling at a drainpipe.
I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.
It has been a pleasure to play alongside some truly special cricketers and to see them grow as players.
I play cricket for the competitive side of it.
I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.
I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.
It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have ever done since I was 11 years old.
