Warwickshire coach Ashley Giles, also a Test selector, described sides like Northants, who currently have five Kolpak players and an overseas player, as "lazy counties" jeopardising the future prospects of the national side.

BBC: Northants stand by Kolpak policy

He is likely to be included in the squad for next week's Lord's Test when it is announced by chief selector Geoff Miller on Sunday.

BBC: Collingwood suffers injury worry

England and Wales Cricket Board national selector Geoff Miller said when announcing the Test squad for the tour of India that Vaughan's poor form since stepping down as England captain meant he would not be included in the Test squad.

BBC: Vaughan to join performance squad

National selector Geoff Miller said Strauss was "better suited" to Test and 50-overs cricket.

BBC: Strauss will miss World Twenty20

Chief selector Trevor Hohns said only time would tell if Warne could win back his Test place after a long battle with a shoulder injury.

BBC: News | Cricket | Warne Test place in doubt

National selector Geoff Miller said he would undergo the same programme that led to Stuart Broad being rested for the Test matches against Bangladesh.

BBC: England rest Steven Finn for two ODI series