Outsiders might not understand the significance of that visit, but the players told me it was the most moving experience of their lives. That's where this tour started. These guys live a terrific life as international sportsmen, so it's a bit of a reality check when you see what some of our countrymen went through. It makes you realise how lucky you are in what you're doing. OK, people might enjoy their batting, bowling or fielding but the real heroes were those people who gave their lives for us.
Cricketers are heroes only in their own little bubble.
What you also see close-up with the Australian team is the professionalism of their work before a game. Ian Botham commented the other day on Dominic Cork's no-balling problem, saying this sort of thing should be rectified beforehand, that, really, there was no excuse for it in a Test match. And he's right. When I took my Worcestershire players down to the nets the other day, after Australia had been there the day before, you could see the bowler's footmarks. And not a single bowler had no-balled in practice.