Bath v London Wasps: Teams

Alex Crockett is named as captain for Bath's Guinness Premiership clash against London Wasps at the Rec on Saturday.

Lee Mears, Michael Lipman and Matt Stevens return from international duty to start the match, however Steve Borthwick is missing from the line-up with a knee injury he picked up with England in Rome.

Fitness testing has prevented the lock from making an appearance for Bath this weekend, meaning a recall for Peter Short who will partner Danny Grewcock in the second row.

The half-back pairing sees Michael Claassens at scrum-half and Shaun Berne at fly-half with Olly Barkley starting at inside centre.

Milestone

Prop David Barnes will reach a milestone this weekend when he clocks his 200th appearance for Bath.

Meanwhile, all of Wasps' internationals who featured in last weekend's round of Six Nations games will feature in the 22 named for Saturday's match.

However Paul Sackey faces a fitness test on this thumb, and Tom Rees is sidelined for the next two months with knee ligament damage.

Phil Vickery has fully recovered from a stomach bug and will pair up with Tim Payne, who impressed in Rome last weekend, and Joe Worsley lines up in the back row after being ruled out of the opening games in the RBS Six Nations with a neck problem.

Cipriani return

Danny Cipriani makes his first appearance for Wasps at fly-half since making his England debut a fortnight ago, whilst Simon Shaw and James Haskell are also named in the pack alongside England Saxons' Tom Palmer.

Wasps also have a stand-in captain with Lawrence Dallaglio ruled out with a rib injury, his place at number eight and the captaincy is taken by John Hart.

Mark McMillan wins his seventh Guinness Premiership start of the season at scrum-half as Eoin Reddan sits on the bench whilst Josh Lewsey will look to extend his impressive run of form from full-back.

Rob Hoadley will travel as cover in the event of Sackey not starting.

Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Joe Maddock, 13 Alex Crockett, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 Andrew Higgins, 10 Shaun Berne, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Zak Feaunati, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Andy Beattie, 5 Danny Grewcock, 4 Peter Short, 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Barnes

Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Daniel Browne, 19 Jonny Faamatuainu, 20 Mike Baxter, 21 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, 22 Matt Banahan

London Wasps: 15 Josh Lewsey, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Fraser Waters, 12 Dominic Waldouck, 11 David Doherty, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 John Hart (c), 7 Joe Worsley, 6 James Haskell, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Phil Vickery, 2 Joe Ward, 1 Tim Payne.

Replacements: 16 James Buckland, 17 Nick Adams, 18 Dan Leo, 19 Rob Webber, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Dave Walder, 22 Mark Van Gisbergen.