Almost a half century

Well, in seven minutes, it'll be "half a century, not out". I could so easily have been sent back to the dressing room, having been caught out. I'm looking at the birthday cards around me that announce "50" and wondering where those years went.

Well, I'm still here. I've not been dismissed yet - and I don't intend to leave the field quite yet.

More from me in my second half century...