Sentence examples for be an automatic selection from inspiring English sources

Flintoff does not expect to be an automatic selection for the Ashes and hopes to prove his form at county level.

O'Neill expects Keane to be fit and available for the finals and the 35-year-old would seem to be an automatic selection for the squad, if not the starting XI these days.

Liverpool did not open talks with Gerrard over a new deal until November and by then the captain had established in discussions with the manager, Brendan Rodgers, that he would no longer be an automatic selection if he stayed beyond this season.

However, he is more remembered for his pre-match chat with his marker Alf Ramsey that day: "CT: 'What's it like to be an automatic selection for your country, Mr Ramsey?' AR: 'It's an absolute privilege, Mr Tully.' CT: 'Good, because you won't be one after today...'." Another famous threat from the corner quadrant was the Republic of Ireland's Steve Staunton.

Michael Aylwin Saracens Hodgsonn pulls the strings in demolition of Worcester Dylan Hartley is expected to return from a concussion lay-off this week before Northampton's weekend visit to Bath but the England hooker will not be an automatic selection, as in the past, because of the form shown by Mike Haywood, the man of the match in the forward demolition of Gloucester, in his absence.

Injury meant he did not figure in Brazil but, once fully fit again, will be an automatic selection in the squad for England's Euro 2016 qualifiers.

Dravid had been an automatic selection since 1996, Laxman since 2001.

The loanee will not assume he is an automatic selection on the basis of everything that happened at Old Trafford.

The France back-row is an automatic selection as no individual from the other nations approached them overall.

The Holywood man was an automatic selection after finishing the second European at the World Championships.

"Alex has been an automatic selection over this last season, alongside Dale Rasmussen he has clearly been one of the best centres at the club," he added.