Some batsmen are obsessive, lying awake at night picturing their glorious cover drives, replaying the moment they struck that reverse sweep sailing over the Grandstand at Lord’s for six.

Others, like me, try not to get too wound up in it all.

Every batsman goes through a period where they are more intense because they are not scoring runs.

I have found I always play better when I am playing naturally, and not thinking about what I doing so much, although it is difficult when you have been experiencing a dearth of runs – as I have this season.

It is all very well playing attacking shots, but you have to have the technique to back it up.

If you know you can keep the good balls out and have the shots that will put the bad balls away, you will score runs. It’s a case of getting the mixture right.

I ended a 21-innings wait for a 50 at Tunbridge Wells in the current championship game against Kent.

The wicket was more akin to a club ground and certainly tested my technique. There were not many bad balls and I really had to work hard to keep the deliveries out and had to make sure I tightened up.

It was a relief to produce a substantial innings. I have not scored as many runs as I would have liked this season There have been times when I have mulled over dismissals - should I have played that shot? should I have played it differently?

There are times when you have to analyse what you are doing, but I believe that you can end up going around in circles if you look at it too deeply.

I’ve tried not to get caught up in my lack of runs. I’ve kept doing the same things as before which have worked and I try to keep it simple.

Runs came for me in the Twenty20 and I have not felt out of nick, so hopefully this is the start of a deluge.

An example of someone who lives and breathes batting is Ravi Bopara.

Out of anyone I have played with, he has loved batting the most. He could not hit enough balls before and during a match.

He showed not how obsessed he was, but how he wanted to be the best.

I’m not one for riffling through statistics after every game, calculating averages to the decimal point.

Every one has basic statistics they aim for – like a batting average of 40 and bowlers want to take 50 wickets.

For me, it is more about how we have won matches and how we’ve done in the context of games.

Maradona may have the hand of God, but I can comfortably say that James Foster can claim to have two!

The whole country has been talking about Fozzie’s stumping in England’s win over India in the Twenty20 World Cup.

However, I have to say that we at Essex have seen him produce even better than that!

The stumping, which removed dangerman Yuvraj Singh, showed how quick his hands are.

We thought it was regulation, though, which speaks volumes for how good Fozzie’s keeping is.

He has been producing these wonder moments for the last three years, but, superb as it was, he has an extra level which we have seen him reach.

He is an unbelievable keeper when standing up and is able to take yorkers and deliveries down the leg-side with no problem.

I remember in last season’s Friends Provident Trophy semi-final against Yorkshire, Ryan ten Doeschate bowled a full-toss to Adil Rashid, who edged it, and Fozzie caught it - that was impossible!

Some of the stumpings he has taken when standing up to David Masters, with the ball bouncing up near his chest, have been incredible.

The more he plays the more people will see what he is capable of.

He must have God given hands and hundreds of keepers around the world must be wishing they could do what he can.

He has challenged himself by upping his drills and is has paid off handsomely.

I would like to thank my sunglasses supplier Maui Jim. Their glasses really help seeing the red cricket ball against a green background, and also when the light is fading. I can be seen in the picture wearing them on my head (in the dark!), along with Napes, during a recent fishing expedition.