It just shows that you don't have to be a world beater on this tour. You just have to play solid in the fall and get your status.

It was a lot different over there. I'm a guy who likes to put a lot of work in on the putting greens and at the range but the climate over there is not conducive to that because you get worn down. It's so hot and so humid in places. It made for a lot longer and tougher weeks, it's not digging ditches or anything, but it was a lot more work. The grasses were different, the greens were different . . . every tournament was such a grind.

Every time guys come from this tour and have success at the next level it serves as inspiration. Look at Matt Hansen.

I would like to play in a World Cup-winning side but they have to have back-up for the future and this winter is ideal for looking at other players. Duncan says he needs two players for every position and England have just about got that now.

He has really improved this year and he is the guy they [selectors] need to really look after and play in the next couple of one-day series to get him to the World Cup.

I can't answer that. There were times when to his credit he wanted to play and I wouldn't play him because of the injury. And then (it) finally got to the point where we ended up playing him. But we never put anybody on the field with the idea that they could hurt themselves in future games or years and that wasn't the case last year. But to his credit, he was chomping at the bit to play and we ended up playing him.