Stuart Broad

Tower Bridge would make a cool house. I like the idea of living over the river.

I love taking the new ball, but you've got to earn that right.

When you are performing at the top level you don't get many chances to go back to basics as you are in elite performance mode. It's hard to break your technique or action down when it always needs to be at a match intensity.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

I have a dream of playing 100 Tests.

If someone wants to try to hit a spinner over mid-on, with the ball turning away from the blade, there is a chance of taking a wicket.

I live in Nottingham. I love just being at home. I can shut my front door, and it's like a little haven to me rather than thinking about going to certain places to... look good.

I found Ricky Ponting the hardest to bowl to and it was a great pleasure to play against him as he was genuinely one of the best that's ever played and a really tough competitor as well. He hated you when you were on the field but he always shook your hand and was the epitome of 'play hard but play fair.'

As a player you get asked to do different roles within the side.

I play cricket for the competitive side of it.

That's one of the good things about cricket, the friendships around the game.

A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the garden aged about six, and I've never really put the bat down since.