I have always enjoyed playing as a batsman. In the T20 format, I have been asked to play at six or seven. I have finished a few innings batting first and a few chasing. It feels good and it feels like yes I can do it.
I do enjoy batting - if the bowling's not quick!
Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks.
Marcus Trescothick. No question. I hate bowling to him. I pitch it up, he drives me through the covers. I bowl back of a length, he runs me down to third-man. I go short, and he lifts me over the keeper or pulls me for four.
If you are playing in the right conditions, there is always motivation to bowl fast. If you are playing in the wrong condition then you want to be a batsman.
When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.
I like to watch batsmen who will entertain and, as things stand, an opening spell from Jimmy Anderson is about as good as it gets.
You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.
My role is to play out the full overs.
Of course, every batsman gets out. I know that. It is almost inevitable that no matter what you do, you will get out at some point or the other.
Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.
I don't bowl to hit people; I bowl to get wickets.
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.
What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.
My strength is my flexibility. As a batsman, I have to adapt to different roles and numbers and frankly, I have been around for a long time now to understand different situations.
I love Virat Kohli, he has achieved a lot.
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 think Rohit Sharma is an awesome player in all varieties of the game.
Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.
Rahul Dravid being known as 'The Wall' is pretty much spot on. 'The fortress' could also describe Rahul. Because once, Dravid was set, you needed the bowling equivalent of a dozen cannon firing all at once to blast him down.
I have always believed in my batting abilities. I have always put my hand up as a pure batsman and have enjoyed fielding as well. My ultimate aim is to play all formats as a batsman. I have done it before.
I do love cricket - it's so very English.
When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.
An IPL match may be decided when the ball passes inches beyond the grasp of a fielder on the boundary or when a direct hit catches a batsman inches short of the crease.
I try to keep the ball up to the bat, and I usually get the ball to outswing, so I get wickets like that.
