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One‑day cricket is portrayed as a game of continuity, teamwork and clear roles, where everyone must field and bat. Hussain talks about his own skill, like spinning the ball, and his goal to be the best he can be rather than chase big records. He also stresses fitness, captaincy challenges, and gives credit to teammates such as Andrew Strauss.

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Australia played some good cricket, but they have forgotten how to win.

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Sometimes we don't build up our own cricketers enough.

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Test match cricket is about individual brilliance.

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I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.

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Pressure is the biggest single factor in Test cricket.

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I want to play 100 Test matches for England.

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I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a…

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Many Pakistani fans will say they have followed their team for too long and had their hearts broken many times, but I…

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Nothing worse than walking out in a Test match and finding your hand slipping on the handle.

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One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they…

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There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

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Michael Atherton's powers of concentration never cease to amaze me. When you need reminding what Test-match batting is all about, who else…

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Sourav Ganguly has been an excellent captain, his record speaks for himself. I found him to be a tough competitor and every…

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Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket.

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From the age of eight until 15 or 16, every time I was out bowling leg spin I was thinking about my…

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Pujara is not fashionable, he's very much old-fashioned - he's not great between the wickets and he's not a modern, extravagant, in-your-face…

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I played with Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart; if anything off the field affected Graham his cricket life was not important and…

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The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the…

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When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some…

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You travel the world and you talk to people about Jos Buttler, and they rave about this lad. I don't like massive…

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Whether that was in the Chepauk Stadium in Madras or at the Ilford Cricket School, there was a daily diet of cricket…

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It was Test cricket as it should be played, when the irresistible force in Allan Donald met the immovable object in Mike…

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I think Kohli is magnificent in a run chase, I have to say. He has won so many matches for India.

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With my bowling, I didn't know how I was doing it, so when it went wrong I didn't know how to fix…

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I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn…

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In every sport you need a break and England seem to be the only cricket country which doesn't get one.

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Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.

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So for me Tendulkar is the greatest but Kohli is not far behind and could well end up as the greatest.

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In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC…

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Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.

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Politicians as diverse as Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe have been quoted at our team meetings. That is how political England cricket…

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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…

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I like back-to-back Tests at the end of a series, without any county game in between. We know county cricket has no…

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It sounds sycophantic, but I don't think I have met anyone in cricket who gives so much to a team as Marcus…

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It's not an issue for me if I captain England in 42 Tests or in 50. It's a question of what is…

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It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

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I'm never going to have a Test average of 50 like Tendulkar. All I want to be is the best that I…

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I played my first ever Test in Kingston in 1990. I'd just graduated from Durham University and there I was, at Sabina…

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Seems to me the rules are loaded against batsmen. If bowlers show dissent after a near miss they never seem to get…

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When I first became captain the job was new and refreshing and didn't affect my batting. I was still in the same…

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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…

There are lots of places I would love to go to in Europe and North America.

More than playing, my greatest moments and love of the game come from captaining England.

I'm never going to have a Test average of 50 like Tendulkar. All I want to be is the best that I can be.

Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.

They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less.

I have applied to go to either Durham or Loughborough University to study Applied Physics and would like to get some qualification behind me.…

There have been a few times in my career when I have been close to tears after completing an innings, but rarely when I…

Normally I don't sleep much during a Test match.

I admired Stephen Fleming.

My relationship with my dad is everything.

You are only given so much talent and it is up to you what you do with it.

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…

When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.

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…