I'm not out of the game because of the way I play. The character issues and stuff like that has really damaged me, so my ability ain't going to get me back in. The character image stuff is.

I've been out three seasons, so they don't know if I've still got it. So, when I come in, I'm going to be against the odds and I need to be looking damn good.

I was being stigmatized, and I think it all caught up with me, the affiliation with some of the guys. But at the same time, I didn't commit no crime like they were saying. I had my troubles with the check thing. That got resolved, and it's behind me, and the fleeing and eluding thing, and it's behind me.

It was a political thing. They were trying to damage my image so they didn't have to pay me.

He has really improved this year and he is the guy they [selectors] need to really look after and play in the next couple of one-day series to get him to the World Cup.

I can't answer that. There were times when to his credit he wanted to play and I wouldn't play him because of the injury. And then (it) finally got to the point where we ended up playing him. But we never put anybody on the field with the idea that they could hurt themselves in future games or years and that wasn't the case last year. But to his credit, he was chomping at the bit to play and we ended up playing him.