Jonathan Agnew

I was a professional cricketer from 16.

It is difficult to master the skill of scoring runs from a 90mph delivery that is dug into your armpit or is fizzing past your nose.

Some people get the wrong idea about what the job of a cricket correspondent involves - it's not all laid-on luxury travel.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

What we have learned is that Roland-Jones is a very promising prospect. Because of the way he bowls, he will not blow batsmen away, but is more likely to take wickets through accuracy and building pressure.

Without ambition, drive and the willingness to make sacrifices, I don't think you get anywhere.

Without television, cricket would be a poorer place;the two have to coexist.

You do not want cricketers who are cowed by adversity, waiting for someone to tell them what to do.

When you are at the top, teams raise their game to play against you, breathing down your neck because they want what you have.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

I think most cricket fans would accept that Dravid and Tendulkar are very different individuals but they are both great players.

It is nothing new for the management of an international cricket team to wrestle with the amount of freedom afforded to players.