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Nasser Hussain
British
Entertainer
Born:
Mar 28
,
1968
Captain
Cricket
England
Me
People
You
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Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.
Nasser Hussain
Good
Long
Bat
Neil
Long Periods
Like
Periods
Gary
Techniques
Captaining England is the best job I've ever had and the last thing I would want to do after more than four years is hand the Test job over to someone who wasn't up to it.
Nasser Hussain
Best
Job
Would
Someone
More
Had
Over
Test
Years
Hand
Up
Than
Want
After
England
Who
Ever
Thing
Four
Last
A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.
Nasser Hussain
Before
Starts
Bat
Eye
Out
Able
He
Look
His
Goes
Captain
Player
I'm never going to have a Test average of 50 like Tendulkar. All I want to be is the best that I can be.
Nasser Hussain
Best
Never
Like
Test
Going
Want
Average
When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some people called the bits-and-pieces to the best batsmen and bowlers.
Nasser Hussain
Best
People
Some People
First
Side
Some
Joined
Picking
Came
Move
Wanted
England
Away
One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to bowl.
Nasser Hussain
Understanding
Other
Cricket
Everybody
Bats
About
Bowl
Continuity
End
Role
Where
Want
Which
Fields
Ethic
Team
Each
Being awarded the OBE was a great honour and something I had not been expecting.
Nasser Hussain
Great
Honour
Something
Had
Been
Expecting
Being
Awarded
The Australians are a weird bunch - until the cricket starts they're really friendly, saying 'good luck' all the time, but the moment the cricket begins they have a real go at you.
Nasser Hussain
Saying
Time
Good
You
Luck
Starts
Cricket
Good Luck
Weird
Until
Real
Go
Friendly
Australians
Bunch
Begins
Really
Moment
My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.
Nasser Hussain
Respect
Tough
Field
Philosophy
Possible
Opposition
Off
Play
I play hard and I play to win, and my team play for me because of the backing I show them.
Nasser Hussain
Me
Win
Backing
Because
Them
Hard
Show
Team
Play
I always used the media - if people were having a go I could use it as motivation to prove them wrong.
Nasser Hussain
People
Having
Could
Wrong
Always
Prove
Go
Were
Motivation
Them
Use
Used
Media
What you don't want from a player is to walk off and say 'that's the way I play.'
Nasser Hussain
You
Walk
Way
Say
Off
Want
Play
Player
You have to try to move your feet and get to the pitch to hit the spinners away.
Nasser Hussain
You
Try
Feet
Hit
Get
Pitch
Move
Your
Away
In the longer term we have got to learn how to bowl on flat pitches if England are to head the ICC Championship table.
Nasser Hussain
Table
Head
Longer
Term
Bowl
Learn
Got
How
Pitches
Flat
England
Championship
You should not be flat playing for your country.
Nasser Hussain
You
Country
Flat
Should
Your
Playing
If a player sits out a tour, it is not a problem, because it is a chance to look at others.
Nasser Hussain
Problem
Others
Out
Tour
Look
Because
Player
Chance
If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.
Nasser Hussain
You
Will
Destroy
Per
Cent
Chris
If we are going to win games, we need 11 fit players. Sir Alex Ferguson does not pick half-fit players.
Nasser Hussain
Win
Pick
Does
Ferguson
Fit
Sir
Going
Games
Players
Need
Alex
I can't pick up a pair of new gloves like Alec Stewart or Mike Atherton. I have to get them sweaty and loose, and put extra stuff on my gloves to protect the fingers.
Nasser Hussain
Extra
Fingers
Pick
Put
Stuff
New
Like
Protect
Loose
Gloves
Up
Get
Them
Sweaty
Mike
Pair
Alec
With all my bats I like them to be bottom-heavy, so they help me to hold the line through the shot.
Nasser Hussain
Me
Bats
Through
Like
Line
Hold
Them
Shot
Help
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