By Mark Butcher Test batsman

FACTFILE Right-handed batsman; off-break bowler Born: 12/5/79 Test debut: v India, Trent Bridge 2002 ODI debut: v Zimbabwe, Trent Bridge 2003

Key's had a frustrating career - well, frustrating for him anyway - in that he's found himself in and out of the team.

When he's been in the team he's played some fantastic innings, but he's also had a run of some low scores and has never got his feet under the table.

But he is another batsman who has a major appetite for scoring big runs, big hundreds.

He had a bit of a taster against the Aussies in the last Ashes series and knows now what it's all about, and he's very keen to get another chance.

He's a very handy batsman to have in the back-up department and will do well should anything happen to the others.