South Africa recall Herschelle Gibbs as cover for injured Jacques Kallis

Herschelle Gibbs has been recalled as cover for the injured all-rounder Jacques Kallis for the remainder of South Africa's limited-overs international series against England.

Kallis is expected to be sidelined for a month with a fractured rib, which was discovered after a scan at the weekend. Kallis missed the seven-wicket loss to England at Centurion yesterday, which put the hosts 1-0 behind in the five-match series.

It is not certain whether the 35-year-old Gibbs, who has a record of 21 centuries in 245 one-day appearances, will play in the next match in Cape Town on Friday as the two least experienced batsmen in the Proteas' top five, Alviro Petersen and Hashim Amla, both scored half centuries yesterday.

Gibbs, who scored a record six sixes in one over against Netherlands at the 2007 World Cup, was initially overlooked for this series. He scored 22 in his last ODI, a loss to England in the group stage of the Champions Trophy in September.

With Kallis missing, the Proteas have a decision to make on the composition of their bowling attack this week and the left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell is in contention for a recall after recovering from an ankle injury.

The England captain, Andrew Strauss, meanwhile, believes Centurion man-of-the-match Paul Collingwood is in the form of his life. Collingwood set a record of 171 one-day appearances for England, underlining his value with two wickets and an undefeated 105.

"Players of Collie's temperament are always dangerous," he said. "They always like the difficult situations, and Collie has often played his best for England when things are a bit against the wall, but [Sunday] was just a great example of us playing the type of cricket we want to play and not making it hard for ourselves. Hopefully we can take some confidence from that and keep moving up."

England hold a 1-0 lead with three matches remaining. After Friday's game at Newlands, the remaining matches are scheduled for Port Elizabeth on Sunday and Kingsmead, Durban, on 4 December.