David Bedingham appears to have changed his mind about qualifying to play for England.

Bedingham was released from his contract with Western Province in January in order to join Durham, with whom he had signed a three-year deal.

His agent, Arthur Turner said the batsman was “in the process of qualifying for England and needs to spend a certain amount of days in the country as per the regulations”.

At the time, Bedingham said he had not heard from anyone at CSA regarding his future.

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“I’m seeing a specialist in Manchester on Monday about my left shoulder,” he told Rapport newspaper. “I disrupted it when I dived for a ball. I’m hoping for good news, but with how I feel now, an operation may be necessary. Then I won’t be ready if the Western Province season starts on 18 October.”

Bedingham scored 664 runs for Durhan at an average of 47.42 in this year’s County Championship. He was plagued by injury, though, missing five matches after dislocating his right shoulder early in the season and then sitting out another month with a broken finger.

“Injuries happen. I’m trying not to get too down about it and to get back on my feet as soon as possible,” he told Rapport.

“I would like to play Test cricket, but my focus is to score as many runs as possible for the WP and enjoy my cricket. I would love to get shortlisted [to play for the Proteas].”

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