It's two very different things

... and I think, I think one of the things you get used to when you do play cricket or any sport is you, you tend to learn, get comfortable in your own company.

I was just listening to Stump talk then about, you know, he fills his days up, so he isn't lonely.

But you tend to get used to that, and you tend to fill your days up.

And I think people sometimes transition from sport back into normal life because you are your own person, you do your own thing, and if you feel like a coffee, you go and have a coffee, or if you feel like lunch, you go and have lunch.

But then when you assimilate back into life, well, it's not just about you anymore.

You've got to actually think about the kids or wife or...

So you've got this big, gruff exterior as well and you used to be the big bustling six-foot-five quick, but underneath it all, you're a bit of a softie.

Like, if he, if he's not, if he's not in the 11, he may as well play Shield cricket.

Well, I, but that, but then you gotta take someone else, but who's the other one? And that's what I mean.

We've been looking at the level below.

We've been talking about it all week, that the numbers aren't stacking up.

Now, that's not just purely the...

I think the wickets are too green.

I think there's too much life in them.

It's a tough one to try and rekindle form, isn't it? Particularly with the bat and against the world test champions i- in their, uh, in their own backyard.

It was a phenomenal performance from Starc.

Starc.Well, I think that, that, that Mitchell Starc got himself into trouble when he was young when he tried to bowl too fast.

He'd fall away, his arm height would drop, he'd sort of spray them everywhere.

I think the age thing, whilst he's obviously a bit sorer and sorer, I think it's actually working in his favor because he can't go to the same sort of levels.

He can't try and hit the 150 mark, and he- so he's gotta be a bit more, um, uh, rhythmical in his run-up.

He's gotta be a little bit more concise in his action, and he's gotta get over his front foot, which I think he's doing.

And by doing that, he's actually picking up the rewards, and he probably hasn't, you know...

So say that he doesn't get another hit in this test match, Sarf and Diz, is he on the plane to South Africa?