Jos Buttler believes the final years of his career could prove to be "the most rewarding" of all.
That's quite a statement for a player who has scaled the heights of cricket, leading England to World Cup triumphs in 2019 and 2022 and emerging as a global superstar in white-ball formats.
But the 4CAST athlete enters the last phase of his international days with a new perspective that will enable him to wring every last drop out of the time that remains.
"Captaincy is something I've really enjoyed the honour of doing and something I believe I can do well," he said.
"When you really come down to it and think about the decision you're going to make, it actually becomes very clear that now you're determined to do it and keep going.
"I had some chats with Baz [McCullum] about how this stage of your career can actually be the most rewarding.
"He spoke about his own experiences as captain in the last few years of when he was playing, it's not about you at all, it's about creating that environment and letting people flourish and how seeing them go to the top of the mountain was some of the happiest times of his career as a player.
"And that's exactly what I want to get out of them [the England players]."
Jos put a four-month injury lay-off behind him with a swashbuckling 83 against West Indies in Barbados - a knock that took just 45 balls and included six sixes.
And he says that his enforced absence allowed him to reevaluate his approach to what comes next.
"All sorts of things run through your mind," said Jos. "I think you try and work through everything.
"You get a nice perspective of, when cricket's taken away from you, how great it is, how important it is and how much you enjoy it. It's all the little things that you sometimes take for granted that you really miss the most, like being around the
changing room, pulling the shirt on. When you start to think about it, it gives you a lot of hunger and motivation to get back, put the work in and get playing again."
"When you get an injury like that it makes you realise how desperately you want to get back, and the stuff that you really enjoy doing, so that's the mindset for however long I've got."
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