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Vaughan to rest for tour opener http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/imag..._vaughan203.jpg England skipper Michael Vaughan has decided to rest for the opening match of the South Africa tour. Marcus Trescothick, who missed the Zimbabwe tour, will be captain for Wednesday's game against Nicky Oppenheimer's XI . All eight Test specialists who flew to Johannesburg are also in the line-up. After three months off, pace bowler Steve Harmison said: "I bowled off a full run for the first time yesterday and it felt good." Harmison made his mark on international cricket when he took four wickets in South Africa's second innings in the final Test at the Oval in 2003 to square the series. "It was massive, from that game onward I felt I could play at this level," he said. The 26-year-old has since risen through the ranks to become Test cricket's top-rated fast bowler but remains modest about the title ahead of the five-Test series. "The West Indies and New Zealand have seen the best of me," he said. "South Africa hasn't, but I hope they will on this tour." One of the host team's pace attack for the opening festival match will be Heath Streak, who has refused to play for Zimbabwe since April because of a selection row. England: M Trescothick (capt), R Key, M Butcher, G Thorpe, A Flintoff, P Collingwood, C Read (wkt), G Batty, S Jones, M Hoggard, S Harmison. |