England cricket coach Peter Moores has told Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard they can still fight their way back into the Test team.

Both bowlers have been left out of the squad since the final Test of the New Zealand tour four months ago.

After criticsm over the selectors' decision to pick Darren Pattinson for the second Test at Headingley, Moores admitted Harmison and Hoggard are still under consideration.

He said: "You've got two experienced bowlers out there who have played a lot for England and bowled very well in the past.

"If they are bowling well and deserve to be picked then they should be in frame.

"They are experienced players who are desperate to play again, which is great. That's a good thing."

Pattinson was picked to replace Ryan Sidebottom, who was ruled out through injury.

But he barely knew any of his team-mates after years spent living in Australia.

Moores added: "Certainly there has been a lot of talk about Darren's bowling but for a lad on debut he did all right.

"It was a tough wicket to bowl on and we saw lots of people bowl out there and look pretty innocuous at times.

"He got in because he bowled really well for Notts and he has worked hard to get himself in."