WORCESTERSHIRE off-spinner Gareth Batty today spelt out his determination to make a major impact for England in their forthcoming tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The 25-year-old jets out next week after being called up to both the Test and one-day squads.

He had been included in England's squad for the Trent Bridge and Oval Tests against South Africa during the summer but failed to make the final XI.

Today he was continuing to pack his bags for the forthcoming tour which follows his highly successful 2003 campaign for Worcestershire when he claimed 60 first-class wickets.

He said: "Getting picked for England on tour is what you strive for, the reason you work hard day-in and day-out with the county stuff. Just to get recognised is brilliant.

"I was picked for two Test squads this summer which makes you think you must have done something okay to get called up. You would then like to think that you have done nothing much wrong in the meantime.

"The chance of going on tour was in the back of my mind but I was still taking nothing for granted.

"I was concentrating at the end of the season on us winning the County Championship but to be called up is brilliant.

"I have had a taste of it at Trent Bridge and the Oval and wasn't picked and I'm so hungry to play. I'm hungry for every single day's play and I still get excited when I think of a new thing I can do.

"The biggest hope for me now is that I will have an opportunity to stake my England claim day-in and day-out for the next couple of months.

"It's all in my own hands which is all I can ask for and, if things don't go to plan, it wont be for a lack of trying

"I've got the chance and I'm not going to waste it."

Batty is joined in England's one-day party by County team-mate Vikram Solanki who, after a three-year absence, was re-called for international duty during the summer to play in the NatWest series against Pakistan, Zimbabwe and South Africa.