Surrey cricketer Scott Newman has admitted he may never play for England, but he is not ready to give up trying after a recent dip in form.

The 26-year-old opener has hit a slump after starting the current campaign with a century and three 50s in Surrey's first four London Victoria County Championship Division One matches.

But he hasn't made a half-century since stroking 70 against Warwickshire last month, which has coincided with a downturn in his club's fortunes, leaving them without a four-day win so far.

Surrey followed last week's humiliating defeat by Kent at Whitgift School with an equally embarrassing fielding performance at bottom club Worcesterhire, that saw the home side hit a club record 701-6 declared.

That draw left Surrey rooted in Division One's bottom two, with Newman missing out in the run feast.

The laid back batsman, who once had a run-in with then England A team coach Rodney Marsh earlier in his career, still harbours hopes of a one-day international call-up, with Surrey excelling in the shortened format.

"I have played 60 first class championship matches and average more than 40 with the bat, but I still have not had a sniff," he said.

"Most people with a record like that are either playing for England or at least have had a go. If I keep scoring runs and still don't get a go, then maybe I'm not supposed to play at that level.

"But I still see an opportunity to get my name into one of the five one-day batting slots."

Surrey have struggled to get both their batting and bowling firing at the same time in the four-day game this summer, which has seen them lose four of their opening seven games in their return to the top flight.

Skipper Mark Butcher's men have lost crucial sessions at vital times, but Newman, who has called for the squad to take greater responsibility for their own performances, isn't too concerned should they never break their duck.

"A win could never come. We might go through the whole season without winning a game," he admitted.

"But if we do our processes well and don't win a game we can still feel we've had a good season.

"Maybe we'll have to put our hands up and say everybody is just better than us."

But Newman stressed: "Everyone needs to take responsibility for their position in the team and the situation we are in.

"In this division every side has Test quality bowlers everyone has heard of, whereas last year that was not the case. It is different cricket and we need to adapt better."

Surrey have a break from four-day cricket for the next month as the Friends Provident Trophy and Twenty20 competitions take centre stage.