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.
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.
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.
The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.
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.
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.
