"All it is for me is that I just want to play," Gough said. "I'm enjoying my cricket. Obviously I'm not retiring from any of it at this moment in time and I want to play for England again.''

He added: "I want to get my England contract back and it's something I've worked at. I've worked really hard. They're watching me and they know if I'm bowling anything like I can, I have no doubt that I will be invited back into the fold. I have no doubt about that.

"But it's not going to be easy. I've got to work hard. I've not bowled in competitive cricket for a long, long time and I'm just happy to be playing at the minute, happy to be playing today, happy to be playing next week and take every week as it comes.

"You never know, I might wake up in two weeks' time and I can hardly walk and it might be time then to walk away.

"But at this moment in time, I'm full of happiness and I'm just looking forward to playing every game."

He told BBC Radio Five Live: "I'm happy with the way I'm bowling, I'm happy with my fitness, I'm happy with the way I'm batting - all I can do is perform.''