Kabir angered by omission

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Kabir believes he has been made the fall guy by England in the past and insists his record for his country in one-day cricket is as good as anyone in the squad.

Kabir said: "If the squad was picked on merit, I should have been in a long time ago. I tick all the boxes, I can bowl, bat and field and I've shown England that. Okay, I had a couple of bad games against Sri Lanka in the one-day series last summer but I was hardly the only one."

He added: "Other people had worse figures than myself but it seems I'm the guy who gets the blame when England lose.

"If I hadn't done well in the past, I could understand it. But every time they give me a chance, I do well. I took five wickets as a 22-year-old in my first Test but they've never picked me again.

"I came back from South Africa as the leading wicket-taker in the one-dayers a couple of years ago and then they dropped me for the next game!"

Yet despite his omission, Kabir insists he will not give up hope.

The 26-year-old added: "If they told me what I needed to do for things to change then I might understand but I've heard nothing. I don't know where to go or what to do.

"Perhaps it is the club I play for. Or perhaps I don't fit in for some reason. But I seem to be the one that gets kicked out when anything goes wrong.

"All I can do is keep performing and hope I can embarrass the selectors."