David Graveney Tour Quotations

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.

The A tour runs simultaneously with the main tour and will be regarded as the next best players available.

If he cannot tour it would be a big loss to us. But that is sport.