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

Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.

When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.

I'm not keen on making predictions.

Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct.

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.

Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.