If you think about the practical difficulties of having a relationship with somebody on the other side of the world, it defies all logic.

I don't want to overplay the diary's significance, but it's a really helpful batting aid. It's not an obsession because I don't spend more than 10 or 20 minutes writing a day - and not necessarily every day. I might write in it three days in a row and then not the next four. It depends on the situation.

That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.

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