Cricket: England Call Up Ryan Sidebottom in a 13-man Squad for the Second Test Against West Indies on Friday

When England cricket fans envisaged a brave new world under Peter Moores, they probably did not expect it to include a 29-year-old one-cap wonder who goes by the nickname of "Sexual Chocolate". But that is the case after England included the Nottinghamshire left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom in a 13-man squad for the second Test against West Indies on Friday.

Sidebottom, 29, played one Test under Duncan Fletcher against Pakistan in 2001, but failed to take a wicket and looked completely out of his element. He has never seemed likely to gain a second cap despite being one of the more consistent and challenging swing bowlers on the county circuit.

Now, however, he has the chance to win a second cap on the ground where he learnt his trade before moving from Yorkshire to Trent Bridge in 2004.

James Anderson is also included in a 13-man squad which, as expected, includes the fit-again Michael Vaughan but not Matthew Hoggard, who is unavailable because of a thigh strain, and Owais Shah, who makes way for the returning Vaughan after an overwrought performance in the first Test at Lord's.

Andrew Flintoff is also in the squad but England have yet to make a decision as to his availability. "Andrew Flintoff practiced earlier today but did not bowl as a precaution," said the chairman of selectors David Graveney. "We will need to reassess Andrew's fitness over the next 48 hours and our plan is for him to bowl in practice on consecutive days to see if there is any further reaction to his ankle injury."

If Flintoff is fit and England decide to bat him in his usual position at No6, they will have an extremely tricky selection decision to make, as either the captain from the previous Test (Andrew Strauss) or one of three centurions (Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell) would have to make way.

If England have a relative embarrassment of riches in their batting, the same cannot be said of their seam bowling: Liam Plunkett and Steve Harmison bowled miserably at Lord's and England's most reliable new-ball bowler, Hoggard, is unavailable.

"We are naturally disappointed to lose a bowler of Matthew Hoggard's calibre for this Test but remain optimistic that he will be available for the third Test," said Graveney. "The inclusion of James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom in the squad is designed to provide us with different options within our pace bowling unit. With Jon Lewis and Stuart Broad unavailable through injury, we were keen to identify a bowler who could add variety to the attack.

"Ryan has been a consistent performer for Nottinghamshire over the last two seasons, is familiar with the Headingley pitch through his time with Yorkshire and deserves a further opportunity at this level." It was one, however, that few expected him to get.

Full squad: Strauss, Cook, Vaughan (capt), Pietersen, Collingwood, Bell, Flintoff, Prior (wk), Plunkett, Harmison, Panesar, Sidebottom, Anderson.