International Career
On 4 October 2006 he was called up to the England squad for the Hong Kong Sixes event in November. Loye acted as a wicket keeper for the England team led by Dominic Cork during the tournament.
In January 2007 Loye was playing for Auckland, when he was called up to the England squad as cover for the injured Michael Vaughan, and made his One Day International debut on 19 January 2007 when he was England's top scorer with 36 runs off 36 balls. Cricket commentator Simon Mann remarked after the game that "Loye’s front foot sweep for six off Brett Lee was the stroke of the series so far".
Loye was left out of England's squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in favour of Ravi Bopara. Chairman of selectors David Graveney said that Loye could be considered unlucky and had not done anything wrong, but that his inclusion would have made the squad "top-heavy". He was also left out of Englands Twenty20 squad for a tournament which is due to start in September in South Africa, despite having a healthy stats and success in the domestic form of the game over the last few years in which it has been introduced and having averaged 57 in this years tournament. Loye expressed his frustrations and disappointments at the selectors, in particular Graveney, for not being selected for England for a number of years and is now pondering whether to quit international cricket.
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