Bopara backed despite Ashes woes

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The Essex batsman's run of low scores culminated in just one run from two attempts in England's embarrassing innings-and-80-run defeat at Headingley as Australia levelled the series at 1-1.

But National selector Geoff Miller said: "Ravi Bopara is an exciting player. He has been released from this Test match but he is a quality player, and we see him as the future of English cricket."

On Monday Bopara was named as an ever-present in three separate limited-overs squads - which were also notable for the inclusion of injury-troubled lynchpin all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and the uncapped Joe Denly, as well as the omission of key batsman Kevin Pietersen as he continues his recovery from ankle surgery.

Miller also had to address the issues surrounding Flintoff's potentially heavy workload - the 31-year-old retires from Test cricket after The Oval because of chronic knee trouble - and the reported recent setback in Pietersen's recuperation. England are hoping Flintoff's decision to concentrate solely on limited-overs cricket will pay dividends.

"We are hoping he is going to be able to play as many of those games as possible - because that is what he has set himself to do," Miller said of Flintoff.

Pietersen's first realistic target now is the start of England's Test and ODI winter in his native country.

"We will now look for Kevin to be a part of the side for the tour of South Africa at the end of the year," Miller confirmed to BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It is disappointing for Kevin and it is disappointing for us, but obviously he is very much a part of the future of this team in both five and one-day cricket."