I need nine wickets from this match, and you buggers had better start drawing straws to see who I don't get.

At the Oval the ground was packed, people sitting on the grass, cheering everything; just like it will be next weekend I guess.

There was enormous excitement around the country just as there is now,

It's a cause for concern in terms of indifference or risk-taking,

Use every weapon within the rules and stretch the rules to breaking point, I say.

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