LONDON, Jan 7: Fast bowler Simon Jones must prove his fitness on an 'A' tour of India next month if he is to take part in England's subsequent four-test tour of West Indies.

Jones has been sidelined for 14 months after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. The England selectors left a place open for the Glamorgan paceman on Wednesday when they named an unchanged 15-man squad for the Caribbean tour in March.

Injury-prone pace bowler Richard Johnson has been omitted from the team who lost a three-test series in Sri Lanka late last year because he requires surgery on his damaged right knee.

Fellow fast bowler Steve Harmison has been selected after missing the Sri Lanka series because of a side strain sustained in the prior series against Bangladesh.

Graveney said experienced pace bowler Andrew Caddick had not been considered because he needed to complete rehabilitation after back surgery. Paul Collingwood retains his position as the sixth specialist batsman, while Ashley Giles and Gareth Batty will provide the spin after Robert Croft's retirement from international cricket.

Test squad: Michael Vaughan (captain), Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher, Graham Thorpe, Paul Collingwood, Nasser Hussain, Andrew Flintoff, Rikki Clarke, Chris Read, Geraint Jones, Ashley Giles, Gareth Batty, James Anderson, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard.