Gower swapped his bat for a microphone
Q: The transition from player to commentator - how smooth has it been for you?
A: We all know that at some stage you have to stop playing. Sometimes it is your decision, sometimes it is the selectors' decision. In my case, it was a combination of the two.
At times in the winter when I was not playing for England, I did some broadcast and newspaper work. When I sensed 'OK, fine, you are not picking me, I'll quit the game', there were jobs waiting to be filled. So I was very quickly into it.
It is a very good way of maintaining your friendships, avery good way of maintaining interest in the game. It keeps you involved. So here we are.
A: It disappointed me too, rest assured of that. In '92
at home, I had got back into the team after a year or so's absence.
I thought I had played reasonably well against Pakistan. I got some runs at crucial times and was looking forward to extending my Test career. And then we had this sudden turnaround.
A: If you are going to be honest about it, the reason, I am pretty sure, is that at that stage Graham Gooch was captain of the side. When he last captained me abroad before that, in Australia, we had fallen out.
Emburey was very experienced, Mike Gatting - who hadn't been in the side in the summer and is the same age as me, maybe a year younger - was told that he could go.
So trust me, the excuses that were offered or the reasons that were offered, covered up a little worry that Graham might have had as to how we would get on together.
It's all forgotten now. It's all in the past. He has moved on. He is going to be coaching Essex next summer - and my work is talking. So I am the one that gets to talk.
A: It's nice to be in the same sentence as Brian Lara, I am very flattered by that.
It's quite simple and doesn't need much explaining. Cricketers in general feel that to maintain a career, you have to give yourself every chance.
People think that there will be times when it will go against you. Therefore, you have to try and make up for that by bringing the odds back in your favour at other times.
A: Sourav has the same sort of ease when the shots go well. Languid was the word used about me at times. Languid ease is nice to watch.
A lot of people are now using heavy bats, even Sachin (Tendulkar) uses something that is probably heavier than mine was.You need a certain strength to actually manipulate a heavy piece of wood consistently for a long a time.
Each individual has to make a decision on how he is going to play, and what sort of bat he is going to use. For me, whenever I tried playing the muscular game, I couldn't do it.
To each his own. The harder I tried to hit it, the more my timing went. That was my style by default, really.
A: Probably light by today's standards. My bat was about two pound eight ounces. I couldn't use the bat that Ian Botham did.
A: For me it had to be timing. In Ian or Sachin's case they have to have a big bat, but we all need to time it.
Anyone who is going to get the ball spinning out into the outfield for a four, it's a question of timing first.
It's like a golf club. You hit it as hard as you want, you mistime it and it goes to the wrong place at the vital moment.Technique has to come in first.
A: It came from whichever God is looking after me. I have to thank my parents really. It is something I have inherited.
Cricket is by far my best sport. I play a little tennis now as a bit of relaxation and still time a tennis ball, but not as well as I time a cricket ball. I can't play golf to save my life.
In all these sports, whenever you are making contact, the combination of eye, hand and weight is what timing is - the body goes in position at the right moment, at the right instant.
It's there. You have to work with it and make it work but it is there.