Any word on Chris Woakes from the last few weeks? Seemed to go very quiet over the last couple of weeks of the IPL and havent heard anything about his availability since his return from India. Hasn't played a competitive game since the 11th February. For a 35 year old who would seemingly want to squeeze everything out of his last few seasons and push for an England place in the red ball team it seems like an ominous silence.

Definitely. With the way this summer has gone, the emergence of Potts and fitness of Robinson, I think his days in the test team, even at home, are numbered. With the 50-over world cup being this time next year, I can see that as a natural end to his international career, if only as England management will want to try and bring on another opening bowler for the next cycle.

At least this should lead to seeing him more in Warks lineups over the next couple of years.

Great to see him back in the latest England T20 Squad for Pakistan & the World Cup. Had taken the radio silence as a bad sign since the operation, but seemingly he's raring to go.

Not sure if he mentioned anything during any of his Hundred commentary stints on the BBC as i tend to watch the Sky coverage.

Popped along to the roadshow game in Coventry last night, only half a mile from home so couldn't miss it really. Warks ended up losing by 7 wickets to a Warks League XI. Star performer for them was Shivam Bhambri who has first class experience in India. Didn't look troubled until he got out for 70.

Some interesting selections from Warks, Liam Norwell batted at 6 but didn't bowl. Michael Burgess fielded but didn't bat or keep. Matt Lamb batted well, but Will Rhodes looked very scratchy for the majority of his innings on his way to top scoring. Was surprised not to see Rob Yates involved which was a shame.

Olly Stone made an appearance walking around the boundary with a heavily bandaged hand but was good to see him.

Decent crowd of a few hundred in at peak, would be good to do this every year, I think the two events have been a success, although it seemed like the interest from Warks last night may have been on the low side.

It gets to a point where a result like this is necessary to bring on the changes required. Just have to hope the management see it the same way, which isn't a given.

Don't know if it would make much difference, but I don't like the fact we split up Yates & Sibley to accommodate Davies. Not sure if that is the reason for the drop in Yates' form but worth a mention.

So, with the disappointing news that Chris Woakes will miss the Northants game this week too, in my opinion it seems unlikely he'd be selected in the England squad for the first test against NZ with the likelihood of only one County game under his belt.

The worst thing for him would be selected and not play, but hopefully this year there will be more flexibility with unused players being able to return to their counties. I'm not sure if i'd rather seem him leading the line in the ODIs against the Netherlands anyway.