Don't rule me out of England side yet, says Hick

Graeme Hick is setting his sights on yet another comeback into the England Test side.

The Worcestershire captain was not awarded a central contract by the ECB after a disappointing winter with England.

But at the age of 34 he is not ready to throw in the towel yet and, having been recalled ten times by England already, a return would hardly be unprecedented.

Hick, currently leading Worcestershire against Middlesex at Lord's, told PA Sport: "I've not had a good winter.

"England played well as a side and it was fantastic to win both Test series but it was certainly not my best winter personally.

"If you don't get many runs and you don't perform, then I don't expect too much.

"But I'm still ambitious to play for England. I'm only 34, I'm still pretty fit and I see a lot of cricket ahead of me. It's up to me to make sure my name is in the hat (with England).

"I still want to be playing Test cricket. First of all I've got a job to do here now with Worcestershire but I've still got other goals beyond that I want to achieve.

"There are still things I would like to do which hopefully will keep me motivated. If I get a truckload of runs at the start of the season, we will have to see what happens."