I'm glad two sides of the cherry have been put forward.

[This was probably the most complained-about feature of the broadcasts. The English broadcasters made it clear where their loyalties lay by sometimes referring to the England team as] we ... We'll take a victory anyhow.

They smile and then they stab - and they think the next time they come along for a comment you are going to forget the wounding things they write and obligingly talk to them [on the press].

Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

The Aussies have spent so much time basking in the glory of the last generation that they have forgotten to plan for this one. It's just like the West Indies again; once their great names from the 1970s and 80s retired, the whole thing fell apart.

The way things are going, the next Ashes series cannot come too quickly for England. What a shame that we have to wait until 2013 to play this lot again.

Since I had cancer I've realised that every day is a bonus.