Taylor brought in as fielding coach

Chris Taylor, the Gloucestershire batsman, has been invited to join the England Performance squad coaching staff, primarily as a fielding specialist.

Taylor is known as one of best backward point fielders in county cricket and has been drafted in to sharpen the skills of England's second string, who will spend a month in India before Christmas at the same as the senior team is touring the country.

"I was approached by the England and Wales Cricket Board to do some coaching during the winter," Taylor told BBC Radio Gloucestershire. "I'm working on the England Performance Programme until Christmas, which includes a trip for a month to India.

"Fielding is an area I'm really passionate about I really love the coaching."

Taylor will have some time to work with Monty Panesar, who is part of the EPP before joining up with the Test squad, and possibly Michael Vaughan if he is brought into the group to begin his search for a Test recall.