Faltering England stars told to raise their game

STEVE HARMISON and the rest of England’s out-of-touch players have been warned they need to lift their performance level to guarantee a place in next week’s first Test line-up.

The tourists traditionally field as close a line-up as possible to their Testside in the final warm-up match on tour with most of the permutations already settled.

But England coach Peter Moores has insisted they are still to finalise their line-up after watching a nearly full-strength side get dismissed for a lowly 131 in seamer-friendly conditions by a strong Select XI.