Prior keeps talk to a minimum
"That was brilliant but I made myself look a bit of a prat jumping around like that!" said
"When I came back into the team at the end of last summer, I just wanted to keep my head down and work hard."
"Bruce is a very infectious character and he really transmits his passion for the craftsmanship of wicketkeeping," said Prior. "He has encouraged me to watch other keepers and now I find I am watching cricket in a whole different way.
"It's quite strange but I can come out of a game and I am only really aware of what the keeper is doing.
"He has never said that there is one way of doing things or that I should follow one person as a model, just that everyone needs to find a method that works for them, and you can pick and choose the bits you want from other people's techniques.
"People say that I take the ball past my hip now like an Australian but that's not quite right: I just move my feet a lot more.
"My head and hands are still in a straight line when I catch the ball."
Prior added: "We keep talking about going climbing together but we haven't managed to fit it in yet.
"Knowing him, it will be in the middle of nowhere, Snowdonia or somewhere, because he certainly loves the great outdoors.
"It was Bruce's 50th birthday the other day and he went climbing just to prove that he could.
"He was bouncing around as if he was 15 years old, not 50."
"After being left out of the side when we got back from
"I didn't want to give it up; I enjoy having two roles in the team."
"It was an eye-opener yesterday when we came out of the hotel and there were crowds of people around taking photos and cheering," he said. "The whole experience has been absolutely brilliant, but it is only the start.
"The whole team has to keep on working hard and getting better."
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