England pair back

6:48pm Tuesday 29th July 2008

Ryan Sidebottom and Paul Collingwood have been recalled to the England side for the third npower Test with South Africa at Edgbaston starting on Wednesday but there is no place for Steve Harmison.

The duo replace Darren Pattinson and Stuart Broad from the line-up beaten by 10 wickets at Headingley last week.

Pace man Harmison misses out after being brought back into the squad for this game after being axed during the winter series in New Zealand.

Sidebottom missed the last Test with a back problem and his return will add some much-needed control and firepower to an attack, which has twice struggled to bowl out the Proteas during the current series.

The Nottinghamshire bowler should also find conditions favourable to swing bowling in Birmingham.

Collingwood was obviously upset when left out of the starting XI at Headingley and his recall will have to give a better balance to the side.

The Durham all-rounder will bat at number six with Andrew Flintoff at seven and Tim Ambrose at eight - two places lower than in the second Test.

Broad has shown great potential with the bat and scored an unbeaten half century in the second innings of the second Test.

But his seven-Test run, which began when he replaced Harmison in New Zealand, has been brought to an end because of his lack of success with the ball.

Harmison was keen to re-establish himself in the England line-up, but it has been decided his qualities will not be required in the pivotal game of the series, with England needing to win to keep alive their hopes.