LEEDS (England), June 30: England skipper Michael Vaughan will decide whether or not to play in his team’s One-day International against Zimbabwe here on Tuesday at the very last minute.

Vaughan missed the win against South Africa at The Oval on Saturday due to back spasms while warming up with Marcus Trescothick taking over as skipper.

His condition has since improved, and he batted for an hour in Yorkshire’s indoor school here on Monday.

However, England were not yet confident enough to announce Vaughan will definitely be fit.

“Michael batted for an hour, and his back is improving. It was stiff after the drive (from London), and we will make a final decision on Tuesday morning,” said a team spokesman.

Meanwhile, Jacques Kallis said he hoped his back-to-back hundreds in two days had given his father Henry “a lot of thoughts to fight with” in his battle against cancer.

Kallis, speaking after his One-day International best 125 not out had set up South Africa’s 46-run triangular series win over Zimbabwe at Canterbury on Sunday, said: “It’s been difficult with my father and last week my uncle died so from a family point of view it doesn’t get any worse than that.

“It was a difficult decision for me to come on this tour,” added Kallis, 27, who made 107 in South Africa’s six-wicket defeat against England in their first match of the series at The Oval on Saturday.

“Right up until the last minute I wasn’t 100 percent sure I was going to come on tour,” explained Kallis, who missed the tour of Bangladesh.

“But my sister got a transfer to Cape Town and I know that my father would want nothing more for me than to be successful on a cricket field,” added Kallis.—AFP