England legend Alec Stewart has given Surrey’s Steve Davies’ international hopes a ringing endorsement after labelling the wicketkeeper good enough to get into the team just as a batsman.

The 24-year-old, a former England U19 captain, is behind Test regular Matt Prior and Twenty20 World Cup winner Craig Kieswetter as gloveman, however, Stewart has called for selectors to look beyond that.

Hear Stewart’s thoughts on the man who has smashed 647 first-class runs at an average of 58.81 and 222 Pro40 runs from three innings…