England Cap depends on where you are from, says John Bracewell

Gloucestershire team are looking forward to their fourth successive Lord's final where they meet Warwickshire for the NatWest Trophy. They would be the first team to complete the knockout double in successive seasons after being successful at two Benson and Hedges cups and in one NatWest Trophy.

But to their coach John Bracewell's dismay no player has been called to represent the England squad for the recent NatWest Triangular Series. He attributes this to the lack of media exposure given to his team and only four selectors to assess the 18 counties. He also said that a England berth depends a lot on which county a player represents and the fame of that county.

Bracewell said "We don't push our barrel out that much in our county. We go about the business of playing cricket and probably naively feel if we keep producing results, we will get recognition", he said. He added a number of his players who had they played for other counties would have played for England and this makes it very difficult to hold them as they also know this.

Tim Hancock's records in big one day matches prove that he has the ability to cope with big match pressures and bowlers like Jonathan Lewis and Ben Gannon have the ability to play at the International level without any doubt, Bracewell says. He also believes that England selectors, unlike Australia and South Africa have too much to cover and so they can't give every player a fair crack of the whip.

Meanwhile, Gloucestershire are boosted up by the presence of Ian Harvey who was in Australia for international services and they all feel that Warwickshire are worthy opponents in the final.