England coach Peter Moores admits Essex spinner Monty Panesar is "difficult to pick" for the national team at the moment.
England played without a frontline spinner in the first Test against Sri Lanka, instead using Moeen Ali - better known as a batsman - as their only spin option.
Panesar, with 50 Tests, is comfortably England's most experienced option, but his form for the county has been mixed, with 22 wickets at an average of 29.23.
He took just one wicket in the thrashing at Hampshire this week, and more pertinently bowled only 14.4 overs out of 168.4 the county bowled.
And Moores said: "Monty is the most experienced Test match bowler but through other issues he has made it very difficult to look at him at the moment as an option.
"The key is to put himself up for selection like anyone else. Monty has to get himself in that place."
