England's new-look bowling attack have been challenged to perform on the big stage and ensure that the Ashes heroes of 2005 are forced into a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

Ever since England shook up their side by dropping Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison after their opening defeat to New Zealand in Hamilton earlier this year, the pair have been pressing to regain their places in the Test side.

However, after announcing an unchanged line-up for today's opening Test against New Zealand at Lord's, captain Michael Vaughan urged his youthful attack - Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Monty Panesar have only 64 Test caps between them - to seize their opportunity and make it difficult for their experienced rivals to earn a recall.

Vaughan said: "Hoggy has done everything we could have asked. 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 at Lord's in front of a lot of people and hopefully they can produce some really good performances. Their goal is to try to keep the likes of Hoggard and Harmison out of the side."

There will be a change to the England side, but only in its batting order. Vaughan will swop with Andrew Strauss and bat at No.3, rather than open as he did unsuccessfully in New Zealand.

Vaughan said: "Strauss batted at three in New Zealand and he wants to open and I opened in New Zealand and prefer to bat at three, so it's pretty straightforward. I've always preferred batting at three as a captain. My record at three is quite good, certainly last summer when I came back I scored a lot of runs and I'm very confident I can do the same again this summer."