In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.
If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.
T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.
Test cricket is still important, so are ODIs, but T20 should be there too because of the crowd factor.
I am obsessed with cricket. But to be honest, I prefer the IPL format to test matches.
I have always believed in my batting abilities. I have always put my hand up as a pure batsman and have enjoyed fielding as well. My ultimate aim is to play all formats as a batsman. I have done it before.
I know Test cricket is more about endurance. T20 is more about innovating, creating, and the energy at the wicket.
It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.
Having to play Test matches for a month and then switch to T20s in five days is not easy, but that's the kind of challenge I love to face.
If you are going to raise youngsters for Test cricket that don't have the experience, you can't stick them into T20. You've got to teach them first how to play Test cricket, and when they're good enough for Test cricket and if they want to play both formats, then they can.
I watch the ball, and I just play. I have always said that I don't feel there's a big difference between the three formats. It is just a mindset, applying yourself to the wicket and conditions, and that's always been the way that I have played.
You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same.
You have to just adjust to the conditions quickly because there is a big difference in 50-over and 20-over cricket, and if you back yourself, you will do well.
I've been consistent in all the three formats, and that's what I want to do as a cricketer.
T20 may be fast, but still, you never plan for a T20 - the same way you don't plan for the other formats.
With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.
Wherever we play, the batsmen have bigger responsibility in ODI and T20 formats to set up big targets and give that cushion to bowlers.
I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.
Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.
My biggest concern is that Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket are competing too much. They should be complementing each other and the more they clash the more damaging it will be for cricket.
From an England point of view they have put money into white-ball cricket because our performances in World Cups has not been good enough, I understand the reasons for that. But we have to be careful not to go too one-day, we have to find a balance because there is such a legacy of Test cricket in this country and we can't lose that.
The aim is to be the best for Pakistan across all formats.
No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.
As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format.
I am here to play cricket. No preferences at all. T20, ODI, Test - I just want to perform on every stage and prove my worth as a good bowler.
