 Haskell is recalled after being on the bench for the last two games
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England have made one change for Saturday's match against world champions South Africa at Twickenham.
Wasps' James Haskell replaces Tom Croft of Leicester at blind-side flanker in an otherwise unchanged starting XV.
Croft drops to the bench, where he is joined by Tigers team-mate Jordan Crane as Michael Lipman drops out of the 22.
Saturday's match will be the first time England have met the Springboks since losing 15-6 to them in the 2007 World Cup final.
Haskell was one of the England's few successes on the ill-fated summer tour of New Zealand but struggled for form as Wasps made a poor start to the season.
Croft took his place for the Tests against the Pacific Islanders and Australia but the 6ft 4in, 18 stone Haskell offers a more physical presence in defence and as a ball carrier around the fringes and impressed after coming on midway through Saturday's defeat by the Wallabies.
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We are aware of the mistakes we made against Australia and have spent this week trying to correct them
England boss Martin Johnson
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Phil Vickery holds off the challenge of Bath's Matt Stevens at tight-head prop as the English tight five, which failed to impress against Australia, is handed another chance against the powerful Springbok outfit.
The only new face in the 22 is the uncapped Crane, who is on the bench as manager Martin Johnson once again goes for a 5-2 split between forwards and backs in the replacements.
England produced a patchy performance last weekend as they slipped to defeat against the Wallabies but Johnson said he saw no reason to worry unduly.
"We are aware of the mistakes we made and have spent this week trying to correct them," he said.
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"Last week we were still growing into the way we're playing and it only takes a momentary lapse for things to break down.
"There were plenty of opportunities out there, we just need to see them and then exploit them. There were lots of positives for us."
Last week's game was marred by a series of collapsed scrums and resets, but Johnson expects things to be better on Saturday.
"Every scrummage last week ended up the floor once if not twice. I think we'll see a different game this week and a different contest at scrum time."
South Africa were due to name their team on Tuesday lunchtime but have now delayed it until Thursday because of on-going injury concerns.
England: Armitage; Sackey, Noon, Flutey, Monye; Cipriani, Care; Sheridan, Mears, Vickery, Borthwick (capt), Palmer, Haskell, Rees, Easter.
Replacements: Hartley, Stevens, Shaw, Croft, Crane, Ellis, Flood.
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