Quotes from Isa Guha

I've never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it's something of which I'd be very proud.

My first game was against India and while my roots will always be Indian I was born in England and wanted to represent them.

We won't necessarily sledge so much but we do have that attitude of 'They're not going to score the runs, we're going to take the wickets.'

In Twenty20, because of the pace of the game, everyone is constantly involved in the field, you have to work as a team covering each other, there's no time to take your eye off the ball.

Kohli scores so freely. He's like Joe Root in that before you know it, he's on 30 off 20 balls. He is also the master of the chase - he calculates so the risks so perfectly.

It's been great to see broadcasters waking up to the fact that women do offer a different perspective.

I do speak a bit of Bengali.

I'm a big one for music.

I've always been an England fan. I was born and bred here.

I am High Wycombe born and bred.

I have had a bowl with the pink ball but it was in a day game at Wormsley.

I like Tendulkar and I think the Indian batsmen are stylish but I support England and I have always wanted to play for England.

I've been lucky in that my parents have always supported me with my cricket, but I've seen so many young Asian girls who don't keep up their sporting interests after the age of 12 or 13.

Once you get on the pitch you know you've got a job to do.

I wasn't treated different to anyone else, I just performed on the pitch and that helped my selection for the 'Development England' side at the age of 13 and I had no extra boundaries just because I was Asian.

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

Naturally, any time that our national team beats Australia is pleasing but the first time we beat them in 10 years at Stratford in 2005 was a day I'll never forget.

You never know how you're going to go down as an English commentator in Australia.

As part of the England women's cricket team, we had our own rickety period at the end of 2005 through to the beginning of 2007. Learning from our mistakes, by 2009 we were the best team in the world.

It would be great to see more Asian women playing cricket at every level.

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we'd played a few more Test matches.

I haven't played men's Test cricket, I've played women's Test cricket.

We used to live five minutes from the local cricket club in High Wycombe. My brother Kaush, who is seven years older, played there.

England is leading the way in women's cricket.