He got off the mark with such an emphatic stroke and it just went on and on from there. I'm quite happy to sit under the cloud of Andrew Symonds and watch him go the way I know he can go.

He's got to get a little more emphatic,

One of the things that I miss the most about cricket and batting in particular is that meditation of cricket, that involvement of myself - mind, body and spirit - to delivering that one specific process, which is to execute a cricket shot. It is a beautiful feeling; it is very hard to replicate.

When I came to the high-performance arena, I was kind of a one-off in a lot of ways. I was as much an iron man as much as I was a cricketer. Having surfed, fished, hunted, that was just a natural thing.

It's a very special venue and a very special occasion.

I am deeply troubled about your emphatic denials ....