I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience
Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.
The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
