Has Kevin Pietersen got over the fact hes not number one?
If KP had done this book, he’d have put himself number one. He’d probably be numbers one to five just to cover all his skills. Did Sachin Tendulkar – who is your number one – ever scare you at the wicket? Did it ever feel like he’d unpicked your brain? Nah. He never frightened me. I think I might have said ‘I’m going to have a few nightmares tonight’ once and some journalists took it as gospel, but I was never frightened of anyone. And that’s not me being big-headed, I was just confident in my ability. Players like [Brian] Lara and Tendulkar were always a challenge, because they were the best in the business and if you want to compete at that level you’ve got to step up to the mark. Of course some days they’re going to smash you out of the park and you congratulate them afterwards, but you’re going to get them next time. How did you react to Adam Gilchrist’s recent claim that you calling him an ‘arse-licker’ had upset him for quite so long? I was slightly surprised because he’d never m
