22 Quotes by Matthew Hoggard

We're sober. We didn't drink - not when we're meeting the Queen.

We know we are in for another big fight,

Knowing there was hard work to be done, we tried to put the ball in the right areas.

I was disappointed that I did not play the first three one-day matches. I was picked for playing the fourth but unfortunately i did not bowl as well as I hoped.

We are playing a very good opposition. With a little bit more application and thought from us, we could have been right in the series.

We played against a good opposition, the best one-day side in the world and the record proves it.

To bring home the Ashes will be fantastic, not just for us but for every sport in this country. Cricket has been in the headlines, on the front page and one the back. Even David Beckham has been talking about it. Can you believe it, football talking about cricket?

What lack of justice to the series would rain be? Victory or death for both sides - a draw would be the biggest let-down of the millenium thus far.

But the players are keen, and we will try to take all the wickets we can.