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Date released: 9 July 2008
Vaughan: passed fit The ECB have announced an unchanged first XI for - with the Test match against South Africa, starting at Lord's on Thursday 10 July - a record breaking sixth time.
Chris Tremlett is the one from the squad of 12 to miss out, making England's line-up unchanged from the last six Test matches - a Test cricket record.
* Michael Vaughan | Yorkshire |
† Tim Ambrose | Warwickshire |
James Anderson | Lancashire |
Ian Bell | Warwickshire |
Stuart Broad | Nottinghamshire |
Paul Collingwood | Durham |
Alastair Cook | Essex |
Monty Panesar | Northamptonshire |
Kevin Pietersen | Hampshire |
Ryan Sidebottom | Nottinghamshire |
Andrew Strauss | Middlesex |
This is the same team a 2-0 Test series win against New Zealand recently.
England have won four of their last six Test matches.
The talented South Africa team will be bristling, the last time these teams met was 2005. England completed a 2-1 Series win on South African soil - score the Proteas will be keen to settle.
