The England selectors have obviously went for the short-term option in regards to picking Mr Nixon, and to be honest I understand that. Mr Foster could of perhaps been included in the one-day squads with Mr Jones a year ago. However to be honest I don’t think Mr Foster is good enough for England so I can’t argue for that.

Mr Nixon is an excellent 20-20 player but remember he is playing against poorer bowlers in a format which has a total different mind-set from 50 over cricket. I doubt we will see Mr Nixon slogging and hitting the 4’s and 6’s against world class bowlers but good luck to him none the less as I think he will play.

For reasons unknown the England selectors have consistently been poor in preparing a consistent one-day team for the future. I personally think that the problem is in our approach of playing ‘bit’ players who can bat a little and bowl a little. If we play a team as close to the test team then we will perform better. One-day cricket is not necessary all about all-rounders, as important as they are.