England captain Michael Vaughan has justified his decision to leave out seamer Matthew Hoggard from the opening Test against New Zealand at Lord's saying: "Hoggy's done everything we could have asked but, when you've won a series, those guys deserve another opportunity and hopefully they can produce some really good performances."

England have chosen to rely on Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson and Stuart Broad as their fast bowling option for the Lord's Test as the trio was instrumental in winning the Test series in New Zealand.

"Stuart Broad's only played three games and bowling at Lord's is totally different to Wellington and Napier, but he seems to have a lot about him and learns fast," Vaughan was quoted as saying in the Guardian.

"Jimmy Anderson's exciting, and he's said he'd like to be more consistent, so that's his goal. Ryan is undoubtedly the bowler of the year, not just for England but probably around the world, and obviously there's Monty's spin bowling," Vaughan added.