Harmison back in England Test team

Updated 13.34 Wed Aug 06 2008
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Steve Harmison is back in the England team for the fourth Test against South Africa.

Harmison has not played in a Test match for four months but he will return at the Oval, along with Stuart Broad who was left out of the third Test.

"I am going to go with four fast bowlers and Monty Panesar" - Kevin Pietersen

England captain Kevin Pietersen said: "I'm going to go with four fast bowlers and Monty Panesar.

"I think it is an aggressive move, a positive move. We need to take 20 wickets in this Test and I feel a lot more comfortable with four fast bowlers.

"We've given responsibility to the batters to score runs with Paul Collingwood at five, Andrew Flintoff at six, Tim Ambrose seven and Broad eight.

"I'm looking forward to getting started."

Ian Bell has been promoted to number three in the batting order to replace Michael Vaughan, who stepped down as captain last week and is now taking a break from the game.

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