Gough recalled by England

Darren Gough is preparing to play international cricket in the Caribbean for the first time in his long career, after winning a recall to England's one-day colours for the seven-match series that follows the Tests against West Indies. Also back in the fray is Steve Harmison, England's star bowler from the Jamaica and Trinidad Tests, who won the second spare fast-bowling slot ahead of Simon Jones.

Gough was Man of the Match in his last one-day outing, the final of the 2003 NatWest Series against South Africa in July, but was controversially overlooked for the pre-Christmas trips to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He has since completed a high-profile move to Essex in a bid to relaunch his international career, and has successfully convinced the selectors that the dodgy knee that forced his retirement from Test cricket will not hamper him in one-dayers.

"Darren has proved his fitness to our medical team," said David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors. "His inclusion will give us valuable experience and knowhow within our bowling attack. He is a proven international performer, and I'm sure that he will be relishing the prospect of his first England tour of the Caribbean."

Harmison's inclusion follows a stunning coming-of-age in the first two Tests against West Indies, in which he has taken 16 wickets, including a record-breaking 7 for 12 in the second innings at Kingston. "Stephen has performed superbly against West Indies in the Test series," said Graveney, "and we hope that he can carry this rich vein of form into the one-day arena."

Harmison travelled to South Africa for last year's World Cup, but his accuracy was not able to match up to his pace and he was a peripheral member of England's set-up. Since then, however, he has worked on his rhythm and approach to the crease, and has established such a psychological hold over the West Indian batsmen that his inclusion was virtually guaranteed. "He is an important part of our plans for the future," added Graveney, "in both forms of the game."

England squad for one-day series
Michael Vaughan (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Anthony McGrath, Rikki Clarke, Ashley Giles, Ian Blackwell, Chris Read (wk), Gareth Batty, Darren Gough, Stephen Harmison, James Kirtley, James Anderson.