England push for Vaughan return

Michael Vaughan tentatively tests his injured knee © Getty Images

Michael Vaughan is expected to return for the second Test against Pakistan at Faisalabad on Sunday. Vaughan suffered a recurrence of a knee injury in England's warm-up match against Pakistan A which ruled him out of the first Test defeat at Multan.

Despite rumours at the start of the first Test that his tour was over, Vaughan has been batting in the nets and jogging on the last three mornings before play.

"He seems to be coming along fine. There's a very good chance he could play in that Test," Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, told BBC Sport. "We're pretty confident that given another couple of days of work on it he will be ready."

Ian Bell replaced his captain in the first Test, but Bell's good form - he struck a gritty 71 in England's first innings, and took an outstanding catch at short-leg - could force Paul Collingwood to make way for Vaughan. Collingwood made just 13 runs in the Test, and his medium-pace was sparsely used by his acting captain, Marcus Trescothick.

"The knee is improving. It's always been a bit of a problem and it might still be," Fletcher added. "But he feels comfortable, he's running around and feeling no pain."