GRAEME Hick insisted he is putting no date on his retirement from first-class cricket after his 40th birthday yesterday.

The Worcestershire run machine and former England player is a few weeks into his 23rd season as a first-teamer at New Road.

He is in the final year of his current contract and any decision on the club extending his deal -- or Hick deciding it is time to quit -- will depend largely on his contribution in 2006 and whether the hunger to continue remains.

Read more in today's Worcester News.