It just feels lousy. There's a lot of reasons not to do anything.

My summer has been lousy, I have to say. Not because of any particular thing, but because I haven't really honored the summer tradition of really having a good time.

This is a big game for us for a lot of reasons. We've won a few games. It's not a fix, but it's a start. Now we've got to be ready to compete at a very high level.

We played lousy. I think they were just not up for the game.

I'm 100 percent sure. I'm not going to go through this again, knowing how my knee feels. Last year, I received a lot of injections to stay on the field to help the team out.

Darren asked the selectors not to consider him for the tour of Pakistan for personal reasons and we respected his wishes. With Liam Plunkett and James Anderson performing well in Pakistan and Simon Jones now available for selection again, the selectors feel the priority is for these players to gain as much experience of one-day cricket as possible ahead of the World Cup.