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When you go into cricket you have to be streetwise.
If someone dares me to do something I'll just do it.
No matter where I bat I try to adapt to the situation.
In sport, the underdog does come out on top quite a bit.
In an ideal world, you knock the runs off and win the game.
Babies are born every day but truly, each one is a little miracle.
We all played in my family and cricket has always been in the blood.
Social media is one of the hardest things about playing for England.
I never get too over-confident, or too down. I just go with the flow.
We want cricket to grow for kids, and for families to come and watch.
I think a lot of people do see me as like a role model or as an ambassador.
From nine, I started playing cricket. From 11, I knew this is what I'm doing.
I have played quite a few Test matches in the back garden with my two brothers.
Runs are important, don't get me wrong, but it will be wickets that I will be judged on.
Yes, I see myself as a role model. And as a role model, I have to behave in a certain way.
I have been up and down the batting order and it's difficult. People don't always realise that.
You do your best but I think I'm going to try and get back in as a batsman first, spinner second.
Being English, being born in England, this is our home and we should be supporting our home country.
Yuzvendra Chahal, India's leg-spinner, is another IPL teammate. He's also a great guy and very funny.
I know my responsibilities. They are to my religion, my parents, my wife, my family and my community.
All I care about is England doing well and if that means I'm looking on for a bit, I won't lose any sleep.
Coming on to bowl in the opening powerplay might look stressful for a spinner but I actually quite like it.
I've always said it's just a game of cricket. The only pressure I get is when I feel I've let the team down.
I hope what people see in me is that I'm a normal guy, and that people who look as I do can do normal things.
In tournament cricket, with a new opponent each game, I think you actually need to play to your own strengths more.
Every time that I come to Edgbaston it takes me back to some great first memories of coming here at a very young age.
Cricket can produce some amazing feelings on the field and I have been lucky enough to experience a few along the way.
As cricketers and professionals, with the scrutiny that is on us, we have to obviously be careful and behave ourselves.
I grew up playing against friends and cousins in the park and it was some of the most competitive cricket I have played.
Through county cricket all the way up to international cricket, the individual needs to be responsible for his behaviour.
People get involved not just in politics but in groups and sects and... forget the main reason why we're here: to worship Allah.
I was just a normal teenager, going out with my friends, enjoying my time. I didn't really believe in anything, I didn't fast or pray.
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.
If I can play, and change the mind of one person about being a Muslim player and having a beard, then I'll feel as if I've done my job.
I know personally as a young player when coaches came to my school that is someone you want to be like and I think that helps massively.
I don't want anyone to think I don't love playing for England because playing for your country is the greatest thing a cricketer can do.
I am a Muslim, yes, but I am also very English. People don't realise how proud I am to be representing my country or being from Birmingham.
We're a tight-knit city in Birmingham. We have so much around us that brings the people together, no matter who you are or your background.
To be part of a World Cup=winning squad was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. There was no resentment or sadness from missing the later games.
If I wasn't doing this, I'd be working in a chippy. Cricket can change your life. It can teach you a lot about discipline and life in general.
I'm not a massive reader of online comments but I come across the odd comment where people still question if I'm English. I find that so silly.
It's always nice to get a call-up when in decent nick as you can have that confidence coming into the game. It's what county cricket should do.
Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.
Difference is respected and the environment Eoin Morgan has created is such that we are encouraged to transfer our personalities into our cricket.
People have the right to support who they want of course but I'm hoping in the future maybe they or their kids will become England fans and players.
I talk quite a lot in the changing room, try and joke around, keep the energy going, try to lift guys if they are struggling, even if I am struggling.
I needed to step back from cricket, international cricket in particular, to get away from the scrutiny and intensity. I love it but it was too much for me.
I think my dad always believed I would play for England, probably more than I believed it, but it never crossed our minds that we weren't going to make it.
Since my international debut in 2014 the miles on the clock have probably crept up and Test cricket is the level where the pressure and scrutiny are greatest.
I've opened throughout most of my career at Worcester. I understand there are guys in the team who have opened for a long time, more than me, with better records than me.