Simon is continuing to make progress in his recovery from injury and we will give him as much time as he needs in order to prove his fitness.

With Liam Plunkett and James Anderson performing well in Pakistan, and Simon Jones now available for selection again, the selectors feel the priority is for these players to gain as much experience of one-day cricket as possible ahead of the World Cup and as a result Darren misses out.

Ian Blackwell has been placed on standby to join the Test squad if Ashley fails to recover from his injury in time prior to the tour.

There's a hard law, mejuffrou, that when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.

Then we had a change halfway through. It hasn't been a subject that has cropped up in my discussions - which have mainly been about support for Michael - or whatever discussions I've had with Duncan when I've made contact with him in India.