Thursday 1 September 2016 09:01, UK
Chris Woakes reflects on England's 444-3, answers YOUR Twitter questions and reveals why football is a sore subject at the moment...
It was an amazing day at Trent Bridge - crazy, almost!
To win the match and the series in such a way was truly special and sitting up in the dressing room watching the boys hit fours and sixes almost at will is something I'll never forget.
I was pleased to see all of Alex Hales' hard work pay off in an incredible innings. Robin Smith's record hadn't been broken for so long - which just shows how difficult it is to bat like that.
We knew Pakistan would come back hard at us but as an opening bowler you're always under the pump a little bit; you have to hit your areas and try to pick up early wickets and it was nice to do just that.
There is a pretty intense football game among the squad going on at the minute. It's Mark Wood's team versus Ben Stokes' team and the other day we had a penalty shootout. The game ended 2-2 so we finished with penalties.
I slotted my penalty away, gave the keeper the eyes and found the bottom corner but unfortunately my team - which is Ben Stokes' team - lost.
There was some shocking goalkeeping from our masseur Mark Saxby, I gave him some stick in one of my previous columns about his choice of music and his goalkeeping needs a bit of improvement too!
The football has been intense though, Moeen Ali is leading goalscorer with Jos Buttler and that's going well at the minute.
As far as the cricket is concerned we're up at Headingley for the fourth ODI and hopefully we can pick up another win. But first, you've been sending in your questions on Twitter…
What is the favourite wicket you've taken? (@camspurs)
There are a few where I've got some good players out which is always nice but I think my favourite wicket, in terms of the feeling of it, was my 10th wicket [Sarfraz Ahmed] in the Test at Lord's earlier in the summer. I had nine and I obviously wanted the 10th to get on the honours board at Lord's. So to get the 10th, the feeling after it was just pure relief and it's hard to explain how nice a feeling that was.
Do you consider yourself to be an all-rounder or a bowler who can bat? (@mdcookie77)
I'd like to class myself as a genuine all-rounder. I've worked hard at my batting over the years and I feel like I can be classed as an all-rounder. I'd like to think that I'm better than just a lower order batsman or a bowler who bats a bit.
What football team to do support? (@JamesBanks05)
I support Aston Villa, unfortunately. We've had a bad couple of years or so and it's not looking on the up in the Championship at the moment either. It was a terrible result on Saturday [losing 3-1 to Bristol City], to be brutally honest, so the less we talk about Villa at the moment, the better!
Do you think that Lord's helps other bowling attacks more than England's? (@RayPepper3)
Lord's is known to be a good batting surface but because of the slope some batsmen find it quite difficult to play there. But then at the same time, bowlers can struggle for rhythm there and if you haven't played there before then it can be quite difficult to get used to the slope. So if you've bowled there before then it helps. You'd like to think that it probably helps the England bowlers a little bit more because they've played there more often than the opposition, especially those coming over on an overseas tour. It can be quite tricky bowling there for the first time.
Have you been surprised by just how much success you have had this summer? Have you done anything differently? (@soapysoots)
I've not done a huge amount differently. Something I've worked on over a few years is putting on an extra yard of pace. I feel like I've done that now and I also feel I've got the ball to move sideways a lot more than I have in previous summers, particularly playing for England. I feel like I've done that for Warwickshire for quite a long time but getting the opportunity to do it for England hasn't come regularly for me. So to play all summer and get a good run in the team while I'm bowling well has been helpful.
The fact that I have been performing well and getting the opportunity to play more games, more regularly for England, definitely helps rather than feeling every game you play, you have to perform well or you might not be playing in the next one.
How did it feel to end the Pakistan Test series as the leading wicket-taker? (@AliMarycats)
It was a really nice feeling and to get the man of the series award as well was a really special moment. It was a shame we couldn't go on and win the series, that would have topped it off to be man of the series in a winning series. It was still a great achievement and it was really pleasing to have great series and to be leading wicket-taker is something that is quite difficult to do and really pleasing for me.
I also beat Jimmy Anderson's record [for number of wickets in a Test series against Pakistan by an Englishman] although I haven't discussed that with him! He was really pleased for me and having the support of such a great England bowler like Jimmy, it was really nice that he congratulated me and said some nice things. I haven't mentioned that I've beaten his record but it's a great achievement for me and hopefully I can hold it for quite a while now - and even try to beat it again!
Which format of the game do you most look forward to playing in? (@joshsw)
I think the longer format of the game. I've really enjoyed playing Test cricket this summer and throughout my career, in general, I've performed better in the longer game. So for that reason I'd have to say the longer form of the game but it doesn't mean that I don't enjoy one-day or T20 cricket - I still really enjoy that, particularly for England.
Who have you found to be the most difficult batsman to bowl at? (@thejuggernaut)
There are plenty of world class players around the world who are difficult to bowl at. I mentioned in my last column Jason Roy and Joe Root, bowling to these guys in the nets isn't easy so I'm pleased I don't have to bowl to them very often! But from an opposition side of things, in South Africa, Hashim Amla was on top form and he was probably the best I've ever bowled at. He's a very, very good player and very difficult to bowl to, let alone get out.
Watch England take on Pakistan in the fourth ODI at Headingley from 1.30pm on Thursday, live on Sky Sports 2.
