Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.
If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard.
It's far more daunting than bowling to Ricky Ponting or facing Shane Warne
When it comes to sledging, I think people often get the wrong view.
I like to think I'm calm. Sometimes I have arrived at the ground in the morning in a bad mood - you're not always going to be in the best of moods are you? - but by the time you get into the ground and you have a brew then it's normally fine.
A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.