Ryan Sidebottom, the unanimous choice as England's player of the year four months ago, is in danger of missing out on November's £10million match in Antigua.

Sidebottom, who has been sidelined by injuries during the second half of this summer, could even struggle to make the squad for cricket's richest match with the selectors confronted by an embarrassment of bowling riches.

England will name parties for both the Stanford Super Series and seven one-day internationals in India at Lord's tomorrow as well as announcing which players are to be centrally contracted for the next 12 months.

Pace bowler Sidebottom is a certainty for the India trip and to receive a new contract but if the selectors decide to send only 13 players to Antigua, then the 30-year-old will struggle.

The left-armer is not alone in facing an anxious wait before learning whether he will play against the Stanford West Indies All Stars in a Twenty20 match worth £500,000 per man to the winning team.

Graeme Swann, Sidebottom's Nottinghamshire's team-mate, could also miss out.

He had been England's first choice spinner in limited-overs cricket until club-mate Samit Patel was preferred for the recent NatWest series against South Africa. Patel scored important runs and took key wickets as Kevin Pietersen's men won 4-0.

As for central contracts, England skipper Pietersen will have made the case for keeping his predecessor, Michael Vaughan, on the full-time pay roll.

Surrey, meanwhile, expect to have Shoaib Akhtar available tomorrow to face Hampshire at the Brit Oval after last week's false start when the Pakistan fast bowler arrived in London with the wrong visa.