Many have felt he was unlucky not to add to his 18 one-day international caps over the winter after a fine 2006 for Middlesex, though he has struggled in ODIs for England.
It was a week that was heavy with suits like at Burberry Prorsum where the models walked the runway in gray wool suits under puffer jackets with newsboy caps and umbrellas like corporate men braving the harsh winter to report to work.