Imran Tahir

I am an attacking bowler, but I can change my plan and go however the team wants me to go.

Leg spinners can change the game.

If you go for wickets all the time, then you will go for runs as well because you will have to flight the ball and invite the batsmen to hit you.

People think of me as well-travelled, but I had not been out of Pakistan until I was picked in the Under-19 squad in 1997. The flight went from Lahore to Karachi and then from Karachi to South Africa. It was my first time on a plane and my first trip overseas.

Fifty overs is a long time. It's a good challenge, and you have enough time to show your skills.

I have been bowling at the death sometimes. You need to focus. You know if you miss your target, you will go for a boundary, but it's also good because it makes you a really good bowler. You practise hard, and you try to bowl in one area most of the time.

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.

My wife is a beautician, but the first time I did something to my hair was not through her.

I've been playing cricket for quite a long time all over the world, and all the situations I have been in have given me confidence.

Moving to South Africa and trying to make a mark as a cricketer and then make it to the international team hasn't been easy. This is why I want to enjoy every moment of it.

Thanks to technology, you can sit and see the opposition's mistakes and try to learn from them.

I can't see myself playing anywhere else in the world. You don't know how much I want to play international cricket for South Africa.