I am just looking forward to going to a nice restaurant, having some food with my friends and my family, and catching up with them. Pubs are being reopened. Today he’s wearing a “Support our Troops in Iraq” wristband. The ECB's system to allow the Asian players to come through and understand the culture better also helped understand how we get the best out of a British Asian cricketer. The ICC has banned the application of saliva on the ball. I don't know how much desire he has to still play Test cricket. There'll be a huge audience watching the three Test matches. Do you look forward to a career in coaching as well? If anyone is struggling and feels that life isn't great, then just reach out and talk. Panesar, himself the recipient of a scholarship to Bedford School, believes the game deserves credit for its approach in recent years. Sometimes it is difficult, because how many people can you reach out to? He doesn’t mention his haul of eight wickets for 93 runs that helped take England to victory over Pakistan at Old Trafford in July 2006; nor his first 10-wicket Test haul, against the West Indians at the same ground in June this year. When you look at the likes of Amar Virdi, you realise that he's probably the most traditional spinner amongst all of them. England is such a unique place where you get overcast conditions, a bit of humidity in the air, and we don't really need to shine the ball - you still get it to swing. © Getty Images So I feel very happy about it. To bowl Tendulkar, among all these players who’d won the Ashes… ” He shakes his head in happiness, “It’s a blessing.”, The pleasure is not all his. When the cricket team were treated to a day’s golf. So spinners play a huge role in county cricket and in all forms [of the game] and that's good to see. I'd love to make a comeback in county cricket and to see which counties are interested in me. And I try and get caught up a bit on some of the political channels as well - BBC London and LBC. ", Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Hyderabad floods: Tamil Nadu govt contributes Rs 10 crore to Telangana CMRF. Having all his friends and family around and playing cricket. Teetotal and vegetarian, he is a devout Sikh and fluent in Punjabi and Hindi. Morkel, all pace and bounce, thought he had his man caught behind with the penultimate delivery but a review proved there was a gap between bat and ball. I remember some great deliveries by Nathan Hauritz but we just held our line and let it spin past our outside edges instead of chasing them. But I think he's an exciting prospect. Do you think pitches in England have affected spin bowling? The ICC has banned the application of saliva on the ball.