Carberry's season has to be considered a success. Significant contributions on 1 in 3 outings. Coversion of 50 to 100 on 5 occasions out of 8. He topped his county averages... and that was in division 1... and the only slight issue might be the way so many of his colleagues made run-scoring seem so easy: N Pothas, M J Brown, J H K Adams and J P Crawley all did splendidly... and even C T Tremlett and Mascarenhas averaged 35-40.

Hildreth, by comparison, didn't particularly stand out in Somerset's batting line-up.. but as he managed to hold his own in comparison with Trescothick and Langer... he's shown he's a contender.

Joyce has had a modest rather than solid or spectacular season.. but he followed two excellent seasons at Middlesex with performances at International level that demonstrated his evident worth at that level: consistency through time should make him a front-runner for the 2007 WAT 'A' side.

Sales just sails on, topping his county's averages in a way that will surprise no-one. That said... the competition was not exactly fierce - unless, of course, you rate Chris Rogers as highly as many Aussies... as the latter's 264 runs from 11 innings (average: 22) makes Sales' look like Bradman.

Patel did well for Notts this season... pretty much holding his own in comparison with Wagh and Femming if not with Hussey. Seems more worthy of an honourable mention rather than of a place... though his bowling might help his cause.

On which note I'm running out of steam... but am left with three I would identify as automatic selections who need minimal introduction: Shah, Bopara and Rashid.