This whole quest to win the 2019 World Cup, that was my job when I was director of England cricket.
Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks.
After accepting the captaincy at the beginning of the 1998 season, I immediately set high but attainable goals for the West Indies cricket team and myself.
I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.
It still feels like I am just playing with my mates a lot of the time. A lot of us in the England team have grown up playing cricket together and formed very close friendships, which makes the dressing room a very enjoyable place to be.
I want to be the world's number one one-day player; I want to win a World Cup, win the championship with Lancashire - those are my motivations.
Working with Ravi Shastri as Team Director was a good experience.
I will continue to be the biggest supporter of Faf du Plessis and the Proteas.
When I was 21, I did not have that much pressure. I was sitting down on the bench... you know... cleaning Sir Vivian Richards's boots or doing something... getting ready to play international cricket.
I play a lot of cricket. I just want to play, play, and play.
For any cricketer, the ultimate dream is to be a World Cup champion. My dream is to win the World Cup for India.
India Are Playing Very Good Cricket Under The Leadership Of MS Dhoni.
I'm most proud of a couple of things. Firstly what we managed to do with the team from 2009 to get them to win the Ashes in Australia. That was remarkable. And secondly moving England forward in white-ball cricket because that is where the game is going and we need to be at the vanguard.
That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.
When you've got a team who are making a concerted effort to make a batsman feel uncomfortable it can look pretty ordinary.
Sachin is the soul of Mumbai Indians, and I am sure he will guide Bhajji as he takes on the responsibility of captaining Mumbai Indians.
I was a bit nervous when I first entered the Indian dressing room. Some of the players sitting out there had 10 years of experience and were sitting in front of me. But then Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri told me that there are no seniors or juniors in the team. So I could open up to them easily and irritate them with my questions.
I love Punjab and really enjoy playing for the Punjab team in IPL, but when you have your own state team, anyone would like to play for that.
When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some people called the bits-and-pieces to the best batsmen and bowlers.
I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.
I know how much of a uniting game cricket is and as a leader of the Birmingham Phoenix that is something I definitely want to promote.
There should be no more questions asked about India's number 4 batting slot. If someone has played on that position for a year then he has secured that spot. Good feeling about securing the number 4 spot.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
One of my highlights of being a Proteas player is that at one stage we were the No. 1 team across all formats.
I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.
