Nasser Hussain

But David got 18 test hundreds and it was one of his loveliest.

And, you know, I had just an image of that.

I was 22 yards away for a lot of it because I got a few as well that day.

But obviously it was further away this time in the press box.

But I had so many little flashbacks to that.

Obviously left handed, curly hair.

Well, it's a mad keen cricketing family.

His grandfather, Arthur, played for Barbados.

His dad, Graham, played a lot of club cricket, high-level club cricket in Barbados and in England, actually, played with Joe Root's dad up at Sheffield Collegiate.

So it's a cricketing family and it is a long journey from Barbados.

I mean, it's a long journey from England, but you've got to come even further when you're coming from Barbados.

So they came for the Melbourne Test.

Well, they saw him make an impact, but that was like...

A gambler's innings on a, you know, just a ridiculous pitch, wasn't it?

Where you had to take your chances.

This was a proper high class test match innings.

And obviously now for the foreseeable future, it's put to bed that question mark over number three.

But it comes with just a hint of regret, doesn't it?

About what might have been both this tour and in the last 12 months.

Absolutely.