Woakes, whose injury left him with his left arm in a sling after fielding on Day One, was initially not expected to take further part in the match, but is now ready to bat in the crucial fifth Test
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Harry Brook's on-field presence gives off the vibe of a great leader and he should be the ready replacement for skipper Ben Stokes when the time comes, feels one of England's finest Test captain Michael Vaughan. Brook, a maverick batter, reignited England's hopes in the ongoing Test with an attacking 111 off 98 balls, leaving his team 35 runs away from victory with four wickets in hand heading into the final day. Vaughan, who won 26 out of his 51 Tests as captain, feels that Ollie Pope is a fantastic deputy but when Stokes decides to call time, Brook is the ideal guy to lead England. "Harry Brook, to me, looks a leader. He looks a born leader," Vaughan told the Test Match Special podcast. "If Ben Stokes is injured in the future can't Pope stay as vice-captain and Harry Brook gets the leadership role?" Yorkshire's Brook was appointed England's white-ball captain earlier this year. He won his first series against a below-par West Indies. Vaughan gave his reasons for choosing Brook
ENG vs IND 5th Test Day 4 HIGHLIGHTS: The wet outfield and drizzling at the Oval takes the game into a thrilling final day as England's victory charge has been put to hold for now.
Brook's 91-ball hundred is also the 3rd fastest hundred for England cricket team against India in Test cricket. He is only behind Jamie Smith (80 balls) and Ben Duckett (88 balls).
Root completed his century in 138 deliveries on the day as he also recorded an impressive feat against India in Test cricket.
England ended the second session of the final Test with commanding momentum, reaching 317/4 after 66 overs in pursuit of a daunting target.
Oval's pitch greenish tinge seen earlier has faded, with a more soil-like texture now visible after application of heavy rollers. Since Day 2, the sun has been shining brightly, flattening the pitch
KL Rahul has spent every minute after his last IPL match preparing for the England tour and rightly deserves all the recognition coming his way for doing the "dirty job at all numbers" for India, said the team's former assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Sunday. Rahul finished as India's second highest run-scorer in the five-Test series with two tons and two fifties giving him 532 runs at 53.20 while forging a robust opening partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Nayar, who has worked closely with Rahul during his time as India's assistant coach till recently, said while he cannot reveal the changes the latter has made, he is pleased to see the desired results. "I can't talk about the changes that I've seen in KL Rahul. I can't, because then it's out there and the effectiveness goes down a lot," Nayar, the head coach of Women's Premier League team UP Warriorz, told PTI in an exclusive interview. "All I can say is that, whatever the changes are, they have really worked. Sometimes -- (and)
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With temperatures hovering between 18°C and 22°C and humidity on the rise, bowlers might find some early movement.
Yashasvi Jaiswal wanted to be more consistent on his first tour of England but drew immense satisfaction from his second-innings ton on a spicy pitch at The Oval to help set a massive 374-run target in the fifth Test. Jaiswal ended the series with 411 runs at an average of 41.10 including two centuries and as many fifties. In the initial phase, he was peppered with plenty of short balls into the rib cage, before Jaiswal had his fair share of struggle against Jofra Archer at Lord's. The Indian opener's returns in 10 innings scores of 101, 4, 87, 28, 13, 0, 58, 0, 2, 118 suggest he was not among the most consistent batters but Jaiswal did leave a lasting impact after a decent run in Australia. I think I wanted to do more. I wanted to make my innings bigger than that. So, I could have achieved something else. But it's okay, he told the media on Saturday. I was trying very hard for that and I was enjoying it. Whenever I go out there, I think, as long as I can bat, I enjoy batting as
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India will play against UAE on Sept 10 and Pakistan on Sept 14 at Dubai International Stadium, while their final group match against Oman on Sept 19 will be held at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium
As per ACC's broadcast deal, India and Pakistan will be in the same group and could face off up to three times-once in the group stage, again in the Super Six, and possibly in the final.
Jaiswal took 127 balls to complete his 6th Test ton to help India extend their second-innings lead close to 300 runs
This is Yashasvi Jaiswal's sixth Test ton in just 24 matches and his 4th against England
Rohit's presence came after his unexpected announcement to retire from Test cricket, news that surfaced just a week ahead of the squad selection for the ongoing series.
As far as the highest score by a night watcher is concerned, the standards have been set pretty high with Australia's Gillespie scoring an unbeaten double hundred for the Aussies (201*) vs Bangladesh.
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