Do you ever get bored of your job?
No, I get bored sometimes, watching certain players. I'm only as bored as they make it. That's the thing. I mean, they're in the entertainment industry. I mean, if they go out there and bat off for three runs, then I'm going to get bored. But then again, that's the time when I have to not just sit there and get bored; that's the time I've got to think harder, because I've got to make that look interesting, or I've got to illustrate the boredom of the innings, or the game, or the day, or whatever. Then you start working overtime; then you start thinking slightly differently, and how can I make this look interesting, or how do I get something published when it is so obviously dull? But that's not so much these days in cricket. I mean, people think cricket's a dull game. Well, they haven't watched it. I mean, they know nothing about cricket if they think that. And if they do, they're only dipping their toe in it; they're just coming along and sitting and watching a game of cricket; they're not interested in it, and they're not getting into it and really trying to work out what is happening. That's why I admire players in this and a lot of the journalists who really do know. I mean, I talk to players, and you just... you talk to players who are around anyway. You say hello and chat and you get to talk properly with them about the little nuances of the games and certain things that are happening, and you suddenly think "wow." Seeing it from a completely different perspective... and that's what I try and do is I try to see it from not only my angle... I've got to see it from the view of every Times reader sort of thing, if I'm working for the Times. But I want to see it from their side; I want to see it from the administrators' maybe--what are they doing apart from just making money out of it. Why is this here? What's the reason? And the players have a different view... everyone has a different view... almost like a different agenda for it. But no, if anyone comes along and just says cricket's boring then they're not really paying attention... they haven't got their brains switched on.
