When I came back into the side in 2009 I had to play more aggressively, and did. But I should never have played 127 times for England in one day cricket.
I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.
Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
I wasn't sure of the exact mindset you should have when you go into a Test match. So I probably became too defensive when I played my first Test match. Short balls in one-day cricket, I have never thought of just defending.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.
Part of the reason I fell in love with cricket was watching fast bowlers. They provide a sense of theatre with dramatic, ferocious spells and that applies as much in one-day cricket as in Tests.
The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.
I really believe that every game of international cricket should have some sort of meaning and some sort of context to it - so the World Test Championship, the World One-Day League are all really, really important opportunities to the game.
One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.
In T20, there's a time shortage because you've got four overs. In one-day cricket, you relax, and the game goes long, and you only win the game in the last 10 or 15 overs.
Fitness is amplified in one-day cricket - fielding, running ones, twos, threes. Sometimes in an over you are running six twos. If you are not fit enough, you can't run those runs.
You can call it my bias or love for Harbhajan but if you are picking three best spinners in the country, he's got to be among them. Harbhajan is one bowler who should be playing all three formats of the game.
We always gave one-day cricket respect as players, definitely.
You cannot keep doing the same things. According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role.
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.
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.
One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.
English conditions have changed over the years. Lots of runs are being scored in one-day cricket now in England, pitches are good for batting.
I always found one-day cricket a lot harder. I had to change my game.
Malinga has been a legend for Sri Lankan cricket, and he has done great in international cricket in all formats.
I still remember when I debuted for India in One-dayers and got out on zero against Australia only.
The IPL is a different ball game. Going there and playing in England against England is a different thing.
In one-day cricket, we should not think that we can win easily against any team. There have been examples when big teams have lost to small sides.
