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I won some winners' medals with Lancashire - a NatWest trophy and a couple of Sunday Leagues.
In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be
I've had a go at captaincy. Batting and bowling and captaincy turned out to be a bit too much.
Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.
The thing with sledging is it very rarely goes well. Usually, if I was sledging, I was struggling.
There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.
I'll be fine, and suddenly I'll feel the depression coming on. It can start with the smallest thing.
I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.
Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can be.
I've got quite a lot of energy in me and a lot of pent-up aggression. I'm like a dog. I need walking.
North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.
I never really felt I belonged; there was always a sense of apartness. At school, I was the cricketer.
I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.
My school was pretty tough, and I played football there so I would be accepted, to save myself a kicking.
As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.
I always listen to music before I go out to bat. Any track, really, just whatever I feel like at the time.
I was great mates with Muttiah Muralitharan, dating back to the days when we both played together at Lancashire.
My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.
Now, I have a confession to make. I hate warm-ups with a passion. Worst part of the whole day. Nonsense, they are.
My father, Colin, and my brother, Chris, who is four years older than me, were a great help to me when I was younger.
We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch.
Sure, you can do without the hard personal comments, but it doesn't really happen apart from a few isolated incidents.
I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to facing Brett Lee again. He bowls at 95mph so enjoyment is not the word I would use.
You can do pretty much anything you want in Dubai. In terms of getting around, everywhere's within half an hour in the car.
I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.
I would try monoskiing, but the problem is my dodgy knee's on my right side, and my bad ankle's on my left, so I can't really use either.
It was an old cricket coach who started calling me Fred - as in Flintstone. There are far worse things to be called in the dressing room.
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.
I've been to a lot of places to play cricket, but cricket and training get in the way! In India, all you see is the hotel and the cricket ground.
I have no problems with a multicultural society; I think that is to the benefit of the country. But you have to be careful what levels you take it to.
I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.
Some players like to practise right up to the start of play. But for me, whatever warming up I did was only going to be followed by cooling down again.
Old Trafford - as a cricket ground, I love playing there. It's a second home for me; I've been going there since I was young. It just feels right there.
I like the look of all-rounder Ben Stokes. I usually have no interest in comparing new players with myself, but there are some interesting parallels here.
But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for a living
I've seen material competitiveness destroy relationships in dressing rooms. People end up worrying about what someone else is earning and whether they're missing out.
It was two different worlds: my world - cricket, the dressing room and the lads. And then family. Even when they travelled with me, it wasn't always easy to bridge the gap.
When I retired first time around, injury had beaten me, and I hated that. Now I realise I'm no longer good enough. And I can handle that. It's fine that I'm not good enough.
The one thing we need to do to continue to maintain Test cricket as being special is cutting down the amount and make it a real occasion rather than playing one after another.
I grew up watching 'Corrie,' and I still watch it whenever I can. It's got everything - drama, humour, and great characters. I used to watch it even when I was living in Dubai.
While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering how I can help, if there is anything I can offer.
Sometimes, there's a fine line between bravery and utter stupidity. The day I decided to climb into a boxing ring for a professional fight was probably on the side of stupidity.
I take the same Timberland holdall wherever I go, stuffed with all my gear. Or a Louis Vuitton weekender my wife bought me. I'd never have a bag that you wheel; they get in the way.
If I get runs in an entertaining fashion, then great. I like to get on top of bowlers and be aggressive. I don't want to be dominated by them. Hopefully people enjoy the way I play.
I like being out on the cricket field and performing and playing in front of a crowd. I find it quite tricky when there are press photographers outside my house. It's all very bizarre.
Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.
It is one thing being scrutinised for playing a bad shot as a batsman or bowling a bad spell as a bowler, but the captaincy adds an extra dimension. The criticism is slightly harder to take.
That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?
I'm not too good with packing. I always have every intention of doing it the week before and then leave it until the last moment - but at least I do it myself, I don't leave it to the missus.