«I know I've taken a lot from it as captain, ... Even when you're losing, it still toughens you up. You learn how to cope with different and difficult situations and we've done well to keep our spirits high. These guys have worked hard. They've had a chance to watch good players every week and learn from them. Take our game against Warwickshire last week. It wasn't enjoyable to watch Nick Knight build up an innings against us but the likes of Omer Hussain and Qasim Sheikh got a lesson in how to go about that. We've a lot of good young players coming through. We've taken this experience and learned from it and now we have to put it into practice in the future.»

«Although no-one has heard anything official there's every chance this could be Andy's last game. If that's the case we'd love to give him a winning send-off.»

«We'd like to see what Omer can do at this level.»

«This is another indication we are capable of competing with the English counties on and off the pitch.»

«He's one of the nicest people I've met in the game. He's a very loyal person and I wish him all the best. I think he'll do a great job,»

«This is a great opportunity, we don't want to miss it. The fiscal situation in Canada is the envy of the G-7 ministers and probably well beyond that.»

«Once the schedule's been absolutely rubber-stamped, we'll seek the advice of the Scottish Executive and the Foreign Office,»

«The increased pessimism about the regional economy has offset more robust consumer confidence in the Southeast over the first six months of the year.»

«This is an intriguing development considering the strength of local economies and that the Southeast was leading the nation in consumer confidence only 12 months ago.»

«This is just the sort of tour that we need to prepare ourselves for further international progress. We expect to have to work hard in all these games, and it is fantastic for us to be able to play the Barbados team at the end of it all.»