In announcing an unchanged line-up for the game at Lord's, with Hoggard the man left out from the 12-man squad, Vaughan said the pace bowler had done "everything we could have asked" after he was dropped during the recent tour to New Zealand.

Hoggard has taken 15 wickets at 18.46 in all cricket after losing his England spot following the embarrassing defeat in the first Test at Hamilton. James Anderson and Stuart Broad replaced Hoggard and Steve Harmison as England hit back to win the series 2-1.

Now Hoggard faces a 270-mile dash to Chester-le-Street where Yorkshire are playing Durham in the County Championship. He will replace debutant seamer Ben Sanderson, who took 0-53 from 12 overs yesterday as Durham totalled 337-6 on the opening day, but he will not set off until after the toss at Lord's in case of withdrawals.

"Hoggy has done everything we could have asked," said Vaughan. "He's gone back and bowled well for Yorkshire and got wickets, but when we've won a series and the guys that have come in have done reasonably well, they deserve another opportunity.

"They've been given that opportunity and, hopefully, they can produce some really good performances.

"Their goal is to try to keep the likes of Hoggard and Steve Harmison out of the side, so it's all there for them – they've just got to produce."

Vaughan admitted he too needed to produce as he battles to emerge from a worrying slump.

The England captain has managed only 135 runs in seven innings for Yorkshire this season and spent part of last week practising at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough in a desperate bid to rediscover his touch. He confirmed he will revert to No 3 at Lord's, with Andrew Strauss opening with Alastair Cook.

"I've got to play more consistent cricket," said Vaughan. "I've got to get more consistent scores and I believe that batting at No 3 will help me do that.

"I've always preferred batting at No 3 as captain. My record there is quite good. Certainly it was last summer, when I came back into the side and scored a lot of runs, and I'm very confident I can do the same again this summer.

"Strauss batted at No 3 in New Zealand and he wants to open, and I opened in New Zealand and prefer to bat at No 3, so it's pretty straightforward.

"I didn't play as well as I could in the last Test of the New Zealand series in Napier, but I look back at the last 12 months and I've probably only had two bad games – the last game in Sri Lanka and the last game in New Zealand."

Daniel Vettori has passed himself fit to lead New Zealand after injuring his spinning finger in the warm-up game against Essex.

Opening batsman Aaron Redmond and middle-order batsman Daniel Flynn are set for their Test debuts.

England: Cook, Strauss, Vaughan (captain), Pietersen, Bell, Collingwood, Ambrose, Broad, Sidebottom, Panesar, Anderson.

New Zealand (from): Redmond, How, Marshall, Taylor, McCullum, Flynn, Oram, Vettori (captain), Mills, Southee, Martin, O'Brien.