Michael Vaughan is now the favourite, with Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher, Adam Hollioake and conceivably Ronnie Irani completing a fairly thin field.

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"I'd like to know as well, I think Adam would like to know, " said Butcher.

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Meanwhile, Butcher was hopeful that top scorer Adam Rooney, the subject of a failed bid from Russian club Kuban Krasnodar, would remain at Caledonian Stadium beyond the end of January.

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