Knee's getting better - Anderson

James Anderson is confident his knee injury is on its way out after suffering with a niggle for the past fortnight.

It was Anderson whose maiden five-wicket haul on Sunday powered England to a seven-wicket win against South Africa to put them in an unbeatable 2-1 lead, with only one match of the one-day international series left to play in Durban.

After helping to bowl South Africa out for just 119 - their lowest ODI total on home soil - Anderson said of his knee: "It seems to be getting better. The practice sessions, I'm taking reasonably lightly - and I'm getting it strapped up in a game as well. The way we are managing it, it is gradually getting better - and I hope it can continue."

Anderson has four days before England need him to perform in the middle again, and he added: "If it's getting better while I'm playing I'm pretty confident it will just continue to do so.

"It's not a concern at all once I've started bowling."

It appears Anderson's captain Andrew Strauss can sleep easy over his pace spearhead's well-being - and he is also relaxed about the hostility being shown towards South Africa-born batsman Kevin Pietersen by the home crowd.

While Pietersen's fellow natives in the England team - Strauss is one, and Jonathan Trott another - are receiving no special treatment, the mercurial middle-order batsman gets little peace.

But Strauss said: "That is something that we just don't concern ourselves with at all. It's up to the South African public to do what they want to do.

"I know that Kevin's not bothered about it. If anything, it might give him a bit more motivation to have a big impact on the series - like he did last time."