Soccer-Gerrard on right in McClaren's first England team

MANCHESTER, England, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Liverpool's Steven Gerrard will play on the right side of midfield in England's friendly against Greece tomorrow new coach Steve McClaren said today when naming his first team selection.

The move leaves Frank Lampard as the dominant attacking midfielder, with Owen Hargreaves in a holding role and Stewart Downing wide on the left.

West Ham United striker Dean Ashton, who was hoping to make his international debut, injured an ankle in training and has been taken to hospital for a scan. McClaren has named Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch as his strikers.

''It is an evolution, we are trying new things and we are just looking at one or two different things and the shape of the team is one thing,'' McClaren told a news conference.

England team to face Greece: Paul Robinson; Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry (captain), Ashley Cole; Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard, Stewart Downing, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch.

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