I hope that whoever takes over as captain will feel I can make a contribution in the dressing room and I will certainly be available to give advice if they want it.

anything could happen. The one good thing to come from this is that (market) forecasting will probably stop forever. Forecasting is absurd in these markets.

It doesn’t seem to be having a negative impact.

He’s a very impressive character and has great standing in the game and I’m sure that will serve him well if he is asked to work with England.

I think his selection is a very shrewd one because he has matured as a cricketer this season,

was about admitting my guilt of promoting new clothes each season. There was something that didn’t feel morally exactly right about it. Enough money is squandered on fashion – I wanted to make a statement...

Brad has told us that he has commitments that will prevent him playing for us and so that seems to be the end of that.

The key to Kate’s success is that she has an actress’s ability to understand the image she needs to create,

With a bit more consistency in the middle of the season, we might have been up there again.

That may well be a technical thing – it’s something I will look at during the winter,