Kieswetter delighted to be back in the fold for England

Kieswetter went from hero to zero status with England in the space of six months.

The Somerset player scored a century in only his third ODI appearance against Bangladesh in February 2010 and followed that up with a man-of-the-match performance in the final with 63 against Australia as England won the ICC World Twenty20 final three months later.

But he quickly plummeted from those heights, scoring only 121 runs in eight ODI innings against Australia and Bangladesh last summer and being dropped.

Two Twenty20 appearances against Pakistan in September at Cardiff – when he scored six and 16 – were only a temporary reprieve.

Kieswetter learnt from those setbacks, working with batting coach Graham Thorpe and wicketkeeping coach Bruce French on England Lions duty last winter.

Now he is back in the picture to face the Sri Lankans when he will also be behind the stumps.

Ahead of the first T20 international against Sri Lanka in Bristol tomorrow, he said: “I’m chuffed to bits to be back in the set-up after a bit of time out. It’s the first day today and I’m really excited.

“It was great to win the Twenty20 final but my performances against Australia and then Bangladesh at home didn’t warrant me being in the side.

“In international cricket, if you don’t perform, you get dropped. That is what happened to me. Once you get a taste of international cricket, to be dropped is a hard pill to swallow. But I think I’ve bounced back quite nicely.”

New England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad is winning his battle to be fit.

Broad suffered a bruised heel on the final day of the third Test but looked to be suffering no ill-effects when he took part in intense fielding drills with his team-mates.

Stephen Moore’s first County Championship hundred for Lancashire secured a six-wicket victory and condemned champions Nottinghamshire to a fourth straight defeat.

Needing 237 on a tricky pitch with variable bounce, Moore’s determined and gutsy unbeaten 124 from 208 balls carried the visitors home in 74 overs and pushed them to within seven points of leaders Durham.

The only black spot for the visitors was the docking of one point for their slow over-rate, but they will view their first Championship win at Trent Bridge since 2006 as more than adequate compensation.