Anderson scare for England

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Anderson, who took five for 73 on Friday to put England in control, hurt his left ankle while playing football with the rest of the squad after the close at the Basin Reserve.

The 25-year-old Lancashire seamer will have ice treatment later before his condition is re-assessed on Sunday morning. Medical staff are hopeful the injury is not too serious as Anderson was at least able to put weight on the injured joint.

Anderson only returned to the side for this match following the ruthless decision to drop Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard after the first Test defeat in Hamilton.

He took his chance well as England secured a 144-run first-innings lead - an advantage they extended to 421 on Saturday by reaching 277 for nine.

The freak injury took the shine off England's day and the team will be hoping Anderson can recover. Not only he is the next man to bat but, more importantly, he had been expected to take the new ball.

England nevertheless are in a strong position in the match after half-centuries from Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood on Saturday.

They are now ideally poised to cancel out the 189-run loss in Hamilton but all-rounder Collingwood warned England cannot afford to ease up.

He said: "We're very satisfied with where we're at with a lead over 400 but there are two days left in the game - which is plenty of time to bowl them out, but it's also plenty of time to get the runs.

"Over these three days we've played some really good, skilful cricket at times. There have been some difficult situations and conditions so everybody has responded well."