Athlete

2019 will be very hard to top and wipes away anything that happened the year before that.

As professional sportsmen at the top of the game we do have worries. We do think of the worst and that's absolutely fine. There's no weakness in feeling like that.

I'll have a few pints the night before a match.

You don't have niggles when you're 20. But as you get older you start to feel it.

I just go out there and try to do what I am paid to do, which is score runs and take wickets.

Nothing good happens after midnight.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

For me it is about always trying to find ways to improve and get better.

It's fine for a bowler to have a plan but I feel as a batter you need to have another plan to counteract what they're doing.

I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.

I'm not going to hate anybody who beats me. But. I. Just. Don't. Like. Losing.

You are never the complete article but the feeling you get when people come up to you and say 'thank you for the great summer' and inspiring children is such a great feeling.

Jofra makes any team better. He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he realises how good he is. Some of the things he can do at the click of a finger are just 'wow.' It's pretty special to watch.

I am always trying to get better as a player, no matter how things are going, always trying to expand my game and look into how I can hit more areas or bowl different balls or whatever it is.

You can't be happy about anything after a 5-0 loss.

There is nothing better than being there at the end and getting your team over the line.

Players are under such pressure in crucial moments, especially at the highest level with what is on the line.

You can't feel your way into an Ashes series, you have to be switched on from ball one. That's just me in a nutshell.

It's all good being there for people when things are going well and smoothly but what really comes through is how you operate with someone when they need you the most.

Captaincy did not change me as a player whatsoever, when I had the ball in my hand, I operated in the same manner like I always do.