LANCASHIRE pace bowler James Anderson has been called into England's one-day squad as cover for Andy Caddick.
The 21-year-old was asked to fly to Melbourne from the National Academy at Adelaide after Caddick suffered a knee injury in Tuesday's game against an Australian Prime Minister's XI.
Anderson's chance has arrived after only 11 appearances in first-class cricket and two one-day games for his county.
England are also set to make a final decision on whether Anderson's Lancashire teammate Andrew Flintoff should stay with the squad or fly home.
Flintoff is still not fully fit following a hernia operation and Surrey captain Adam Hollioake is already on stand-by to replace him.
Flintoff played in all three of England's warm-up games ahead of the VB Series, but took two wickets at a cost of 120 runs and only managed scores of seven, 14 and 13 with the bat.
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