Stuart Broad is a special talent who has the fire and ability to become England's leading wicket-taker I always encouraged bowlers to take charge of their field settings because if they are not comfortable with what they have got then you can't expect them to deliver the ball consistently. Straight away, on his debut, he did it himself. He did have a tendency to bowl too quickly but he always had the ability to swing the ball away, nip it and move it nicely. It brings all of the methods of dismissal into play and he has the knack of getting batsmen out with bad balls. All great bowlers, Ian Botham and Glenn McGrath, have that ability. You can't teach that. It is a talent to believe you can get a wicket with any ball. He had his problems last year but by working through them he showed his ability to learn and adapt. He got caught up in all this "enforcer" nonsense and bowled too short. Someone, somewhere had given him the wrong advice, the wrong role. He has learnt from it and as a cricketer you need to go through those bad stages to find out about yourself. You don't get many players who walk into the England team and find their role straightaway. Now he is full on the right length the results are there for everyone to see. Emotionally he can improve. He is still a bit naive and he has to work really hard keeping his anger intact. His anger management now is that if he is losing his rag, he goes off in the outfield for an over to chill out. That is his mechanism to keep calm. It is a good idea and might save him from a few fines. We all know he loves a review as well. Everything is out when he bowls and everything is not out when he bats. Andrew Strauss has to manage that. There is also room for improvement in his batting. He flays the ball but consistency is missing. However, I don't think he will ever have the opportunity to improve. He either comes in with England in a bad position, so he tees off to try to change it, or England are 400 for six and again he is aggressive. He is never in a position to play orthodox cricket and we can forget any thoughts of him being an all-rounder batting at six like Sir Ian. Number eight suits him. Even though he is a team man he is very competitive. He always wants to be the bowler taking the wickets, a little like Darren Gough. When I used to bat I always wanted to be the one scoring runs. You want to win but there is a tinge of jealousy when someone else is doing well. You need that at top level. Cricket is an individual game. You deliver your skills and the team win but Broad is keen for his wicket tally to be highest and his stats better than anyone else. We forget he is only 25. He has 10 years left if he keeps his body strong. He will get injuries. Bowlers always do and I think he is the kind of cricketer who needs the odd break. He plays with such a level of intensity that every now and again he needs taking out of the game to build up the muscle strength. While you are playing you actually lose your strength because you can't get in the gym and he needs periods away to work on that. When on camera, he plays the game nicely. He is straight and provides the right answers without giving away too much. But away from the camera he is very self-critical. All good players go back to their hotel room and rather than just listen to the coaches, they sit down and look at their own performance. He analyses himself hard and if he keeps going he will break every record.