Vaughan confident to play in second Test

Michael Vaughan is confident he will be fit to play in the second Test against New Zealand, after scans on his injured knee revealed "no real damage".

"It's terribly disappointing to miss a Test match", said Vaughan, "but the positives are that it doesn't look like I'm going to be out for too long."

After injuring his knee at practice on Monday, Vaughan was carried off on a stretcher, causing much concern to his team-mates and England fans alike, considering his previous history of knee trouble.

"What happened was a bit freaky," he admitted. "But I have had the knee operated on a couple of times and there are a few tears in the cartilage that I have had dealt with before. It was a big precaution to be carried out of the nets in the way I was, but it is a knee that needs looking after. What might have looked a bit dramatic was the right thing to do at the time."

Vaughan praised the choice of Marcus Trescothick, who has not captained England in a Test match before, as his replacement: "He is a level-headed guy who will give it his best shot; the team are in the capable hands of an astute man out there in the middle."