Westley is the leading run-scorer in English first-class cricket this season with 730, plundering four hundreds and three fifties in his 10 innings so far, and his form over the past couple of seasons has drawn admiration from the England hierarchy

With Nick Compton (3), Gary Ballance (8) and Ian Bell (7) all falling for single figures – and Bell also facing a couple of weeks on the sidelines with a torn hamstring – Westley may well have given the selectors a timely nudge before they meet on Wednesday to determine the squad for next week's first Test at Headingley.