I remember playing a Twenty20 game in Australia in 2007 and Matthew Hayden smacked one back at me. My head goes down as I follow through and as I looked up I just saw this white flash pass about an inch from the side of my head. If it had been a touch straighter I would not have had time to react and who knows what could have happened.

Instinctively I know the difference between general pain from bowling, and pain caused by a specific problem.

I realise I would not be the bowler I am today without the experiences, positive and negative, that I have had in Australia down the years.

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