A biography for Nasser Hussainhasn’t been written yet.
“Nothing worse than walking out in a Test match and finding your hand slipping on the handle.”
“I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.”
“One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to bowl.”
“Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting are anything but conventional, and you can't frown on Steve Waugh for playing his slog-sweep because it's so effective.”
“Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.”
“The closer I got to Essex 2nds, the more technical I got with my batting.”
“You have to think about ways of improving the helmet all the time, balancing protection with being able to move and see the ball.”
“The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the moment the cricket begins they have a real go at you.”
“When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some people called the bits-and-pieces to the best batsmen and bowlers.”
“I played my first ever Test in Kingston in 1990. I'd just graduated from Durham University and there I was, at Sabina Park, playing Test cricket.”
“Many Pakistani fans will say they have followed their team for too long and had their hearts broken many times, but I love them, and I love their cricket.”
“Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.”
“I enjoy India whenever I go and Sri Lankans are overwhelmingly friendly.”
“Whether that was in the Chepauk Stadium in Madras or at the Ilford Cricket School, there was a daily diet of cricket run by my dad. It was a hard school but he knew what he was doing. Everything I achieved was down to my dad.”
“Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.”
“As a player you always feel the pressure and as a team you are always trying to make sure the opposition are under it.”
“There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.”
“I am still disappointed when I have let myself down or my team. That will not change at any stage in the future.”
“It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is best for the team in Test and one-day cricket.”
“I went to Spain with my brother when I was about 17. We stayed near Barcelona and it was terrible. There were floods and I ended up missing my flight home.”