Last night the pundits were calling my dismissal of Damien Martyn my own "ball of the century". Well, thanks very much for the accolade, guys, but if you ask me if the Martyn ball is my favourite wicket then I have to say no.
Sure, it is up there. Martyn is a top player of spin, it was a big wicket at a key time in the Ashes series and I don't bowl deliveries like that every day. But if you bowl with good pace on the ball, in the right areas and get balls to turn then those things are going to happen. I am not going to "big it up" too much.
Ninety-times out of 100 you beat the outside edge and it passes off stump. This time it hit. I hope I beat him in the air as well. It was the sort of ball that, when you bowl it once, you want to bowl a thousand times.
But Brian Lara remains my most treasured Test wicket. It was my 100th, at Lord's last season, and spun out of the rough to bowl him through the gate. Nothing is bigger than that. Chris Cairns also had special significance for me. That was at Trent Bridge last summer, a ground where Cairns had played for so long for Nottinghamshire, and marked the start of my recovery from a low spot in my career. That was very similar to the Martyn ball, pitching leg and hitting off as he tried to block. Cairns is such an aggressive player of spin that dismissing him always means a lot.
I enjoyed yesterday afternoon. It's a nice feeling when your control is good, the ball is turning and the crowd is roaring with support. I hadn't got any runs so there was a bit of pressure on me, but dismissing Justin Langer in my first over was a flying start. TV reckoned that Belly had 0.3 seconds to snatch that catch. That's going some.
It is good to know that we are close to bowling out Australia for the fifth successive time, but I wouldn't say that we have got them on the run. We have played only 2½ Tests. Every day we have to reassess and replan. They like to dominate and we have to continue playing good, aggressive cricket. This is crunch time. I heard last night that one bookmaker had made us favourites to win the Ashes for the first time this summer. But we are not going to make any big statements. That would be all over the papers. We will just continue to hold our composure and concentrate on our jobs.
The pitch is wearing. Some of the footholds are quite big and Warnie turned the ball a lot, but then he is Shane Warne. I hit the areas pretty well, and I have to because that is my job. But there is still a long way to go. We still have 13 more Australian wickets to take to win the game.
I don't think we have discussed the possibility of the follow-on. I'll leave that one to the captain. We just have to get 13 wickets as quickly as we can.
It is difficult to ignore Warne but you have to. He takes wickets every time he goes out and that puts you under pressure. In my eyes he is the best among those who have played the game and it's great to pit yourself against him. He is always proving a bit of a thorn with the bat at the moment - knowing his own game, playing positively and taking chances.
I certainly felt under the spotlight at Edgbaston, but it's time to move on from there. I've managed to focus back on the cricket. I've done what Ashley Giles can do. I've bowled pretty consistently and maybe there is a bit more to come yet.
I'm no Shane Warne. He has taken 600 Test wickets, I haven't even taken 600 first-class wickets. But I'll continue to do what I can do to help this England side be successful.