PAUL NIXON

Gary Ballance has started the season in superb form and if the England Test squad for this summer was announced tomorrow, he would surely be in contention. To have scored over 500 runs before reaching May is a remarkable achievement.
Of course, there is a long way to go before that first Test of the summer with one-day cricket now taking control and the Champions Trophy not far off. But it’s important that England give off a consistent message.
Andrew Strauss is a consistent bloke and a good man and the selectors will be in constant communication with Gary to let him kno...