AV: You had a very consistent career. From the first hundred you scored at Perth against England in the 1970-71 series to the last hundred you scored, against Pakistan in 1983-84. How would you compare different centuries? You made your highest score, 247 not out, against New Zealand at Wellington. What would you rate as your best innings?

GC: I think the best innings that I played, considering the conditions and the state of the game was at Lords in 1972. It was my first Test match at Lords and Bob Massie opened his career there and took a world record 16 wickets. It was a match dominated by the bowlers and I made 131 in the first innings, going in when we were in quite a bit of trouble. I feel mentally, the only mistake I made was when I finally got out. I class that as the best innings I played. There were other occasions when I made more runs. Like the times you mentioned, the 247 at Wellington and some of the other double hundreds that I made. But those were generally made on wickets that suited batting. Whereas at Lords it was a bowler's wicket. I look at that innings as my purest innings, physically and mentally. There were other innings as well, not necessarily centuries that I hold in high regard. The centenary Test against England in Melbourne, I made 41 in a total of 120. We then bowled England out for 90 and went on take a crucial first innings lead. I think conditions and situations play a big part in the innings that you remember. The things that I remember most of all are the things that we did together as a team - the tours that we did well in. I don't really remember the innings that I played in any great detail.