Are there any standard heckles that players will be getting? Like Ian Bell being called The Sherminator?
A lot of chat is made about sledging, but it doesn’t actually go on that much. It’s just a bit of professionalism. A lot of the guys play together in England or the IPL and are mates. It’s just banter. FHM was once heard Andrew Symonds described as the nastiest man in cricket. Do the Australians have anyone like that in their side at the moment? The Australians are a very good cricket side. They produce good cricketers and will never send a poor cricket side over here. People have been saying this is the worst Australian side to ever come over here. I totally disagree with that. What’s going on with Ricky Ponting? Why isn’t he batting very well? Well, he’s batting quite well. He got 150 in Cardiff. It’s amazing how people forget things really, really quickly. They’ve got a couple of world-class players in Michael Clarke and Ponting. They’ve got a very strong, very long batting line up and they need to be got out. Do you think Ricky Ponting needs to lighten up a bit? I think Ricky Ponti
