Tim Paine to undergo neck surgery before Ashes
Cricket | September 13, 2021 13:37 ISTPaine, 37, exuded confidence of regaining full fitness to lead the Test side in this summer's Ashes.
Paine, 37, exuded confidence of regaining full fitness to lead the Test side in this summer's Ashes.
It may depend on whether the various broadcasters, who paid 25 million pounds for the rights to the Old Trafford Test, would be willing to settle for two evenings' cricket rather than five full days.
The wicket at The Oval aided the pacers early on before becoming a batting beauty. On day five, Indian bowlers still managed to get enough out of it for a famous win.
Stokes, who has struggled with a finger injury throughout the summer, recently played for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred.
The final Test of the five-Test series will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
India went on to make 466 in their second effort to set England a stiff 368-run target and scripted a sensational 157-run victory on the back of their stupendous attack.
Vaughan feels that England lacked a pace bowler of the calibre of Jasprit Bumrah and the home team's woes were compounded by an extremely ordinary fielding display.
England captain Joe Root has admitted that his team's humiliation in the fourth Test by India is 'hard to take'.
Joe Root he home captain vowed to make a strong comeback at the Old Trafford in the final Test, starting September 10.
In 1971, Ajit Wadekar-led India had scripted the nation's first win in England, by four wickets at the Oval. 50 years hence, India have conquered the Oval again, this time defeating the English side by 157-runs.
Buttler is re-joining the squad after missing the fourth Test following the birth of his second child, Margot.
Hussain wrote that any other team would have bowled their main spinner more in similar conditions.
England made a good start in batting-friendly conditions with openers Rory Burns (31 batting off 109) and Haseeb Hameed (43 off 85) playing out 32 overs overs.
Moeen's elevation comes after Jos Buttler was given a paternity break due to the impending arrival of his second child.
Plunkett is also going to support The Philadelphians, a team which contests in the Eastern Division of Minor Cricket League.
The 32-year-old India No. 4 batsman has aggregated 124 in the five innings of the first three Tests at an average of 24.8.
England won the third Test at Headingley against India by an innings and 76 runs. The win also got the hosts to level the five-match series 1-1.
At the age of 39, Anderson has already bowled more number of overs in the first three Tests than any of the Indian seamers has bowled.
Wood had hurt his right shoulder while fielding during the second Test at Lord's while Woakes has recovered from the heel injury
England crushed India by an innings and 76 runs in the third Test and that gave Root his 27th win as captain in 55 games.
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