I think individuals do a better job than agencies because agencies have a lot of' ifs, ands or buts' because of insurance.

But then he came around the wicket again, I slashed at one, and Strauss, at full stretch diving to his left at second slip, took an absolute screamer. It was the catch of the summer, and it happened to me.

No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the knockers of progress have become a force that cannot be ignored.

[I]n Denmark, a proverbially windy country, the season was exceptionally stormy. In consequence of all this we were frequently weather-bound, as a rule in the least interesting harbours, for several days at a time; […]