England skipper Michael Vaughan says he is raring to go ahead of the Test series against India and has no regrets about giving up the leadership of the one-day side.

 Although still available for limited overs internationals, Vaughan missed the recent one-day series against the West Indies, where England drew the Twenty20s at 1-1 but lost the 50-over matches 2-1, to allow new one-day skipper Paul Collingwood to establish himself in the role.

 I feel very refreshed," Vaughan told repoters at Lord's, where the first Test of a three-match series starts on Thursday.

 Nasser Hussain, when handing over the Test captaincy to Vaughan four years ago, said he felt the team had "moved on" under the Yorkshire batsman's leadership during a preceding one-day series.

But Vaughan said Wednesday he hadn't experienced any such feelings. "Me and Colly are great mates. We've been speaking a lot over the last few weeks.

 "The big test was when I saw Colly lead them out in the Twenty20 game would I feel any bitterness or resentment and I didn't feel any of that so I guess it's the right decision to move forward."

 England, who were already are set to field an inexperienced pace attack at Lord's in the absence of injured quicks Stephen Harmison (hernia) and Andrew Flintoff (ankle), suffered another setback when Matthew Hoggard, the senior pace bowler in their 13-man squad, was rated extremely doubtful after being taken to hospital Wednesday for a scan on his back.

 ames Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom, the next two most experienced quick bowlers in England's 13-man squad squad, have played 16 and four Tests respectively compared to Hoggard's 64, with novice seamers Stuart Broad and Chris Tremlett both uncapped.

 eft-arm spinner Monty Panesar, who on his Test debut in Nagpur in March last year took two for 73, including the wicket of star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, has since established himself as a regular in the England side.

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