Meanwhile, Steve Harmison was today in line for a dramatic England recall on the ground where he suffered one of cricket's most humiliating beatings.
Harmison - coaxed out of oneday international retirement last night by new captain Kevin Pietersen - will need to bury the memory of what happened to him at Headingley two years ago if he finds himself bowling against South Africa in the first of five NatWest series games.
The Durham paceman conceded 97 runs from his 10 overs against Sri Lanka in the summer of 2006.
They remain the most expensive figures by an England player in one-day internationals and almost certainly contributed to Harmison's decision to quit limitedovers cricket a few months later.
But now, heartened by a successful return to the Test team a fortnight ago and further encouraged by Pietersen's very public show of faith in him, the 29-yearold is willing to give the shorter form of the game another shot.
With Ryan Sidebottom ruled out of today's game with a groin injury, Harmison is back in the fold but said: "My focus is on doing well against South Africa and I'm not looking beyond that."
After the Champions Trophy - if it takes place - is the small matter of the £10million Twenty20 clash in Antigua this November.
Harmison said: "I decided to retire from the one-day team for a number of reasons, one of them being the amount of time I was spending away from my family.
"Now that my family are settled and my bowling is settled I feel I have something to offer."
