Somebody mentioned during the coverage yesterday that he's the third highest scorer in the four day game this season and it used to be said that anyone who got big runs in the old Gillette/Nat West Cup Final season ender gave themselves a great chance of making the tour which followed in the winter. Although that may not have been as true as it seemed at times and yesterday was a far more low key occasion than those old games to a packed Lords, batting like Carlson did in a Cup Final will have made a few influential people pay attention.Originally Posted by jon1959
Lord knows, England need something on the batting front, but I'd expect a call up for an Ashes tour to be out of Carlson's reach. However, he's had the sort of season which gets players from certain counties on A tours and, as everyone seems to be very impressed by his captaincy, perhaps that cannot be ruled out entirely - certainly, if he's ignored completely, then the oft heard one about England selectors not knowing how to get to Cardiff could be said to have some justification.
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