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Ben Stokes-led England win toss against India, opts to bowl in 5th Test

England Test captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the fifth reschedule Test of the five-match series here at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.India are playing with the strategy of four bowlers, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj and captain Jasprit Bumrah are included in the playing XI. While Ravichandran Ashwin missed a spot in XI.India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the Edgbaston Test against England after failing to recover from Covid-19 in time.The fifth Test between England and India, the great finale of a soul-sapping series from last summer, has been one of the most awaited for so long that it came out with different skippers and coaching staff on both sides.India are just one step away from clinching the five-match Test series. India lead the series 2-1. However, England are in red hot form after an emphatic series win over New Zealand 3-0 by playing an attacking game of cricket under Ben Stokes.India has never won a Test

ENG vs IND 5th Test: Predicted playing 11, toss timing and latest team news

England vs India fifth Test: Get the latest playing 11 predictions, toss updates, and team news from the rescheduled fifth Test of the five-match series. Four matches took place in 2021

ENG vs IND 5th Test: Pitch Report and Weather Update of Edgbaston Stadium

England vs India fifth Test pitch report: The pitches in England, especially in Test cricket have always supported swing fast bowling and this one at Edgbaston seems to be no different either

ENG vs IND 5th Test: Five things India must learn from NZ to tackle England

England vs India: The Indian team can learn from the mistakes of the New Zealand team that played England just a week before and then try to tackle the English in a better way in this rescheduled Test

England picks Jos Buttler as captain of T20 and ODI teams as Morgan retires

Jos Buttler was promoted to England's new white-ball captain on Thursday and took immediate charge of the Twenty20 and one-day international cricket teams. Vice-captain since 2015, the 31-year-old Buttler has deputized for Eoin Morgan on 14 occasions, including in the Netherlands last week after Morgan sat out with a groin injury. Morgan announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday and the England and Wales Cricket Board wasted little time in confirming Buttler's promotion. Buttler will take charge of 12 games in July, with T20 and ODI series against India and South Africa. The wicketkeeper-batter is a ferocious striker of the ball. He has played 151 ODI games for England, scoring 4,120 runs at an average of 41.20, including 10 hundreds and 21 fifties. In T20s, he has won 88 caps scoring 2,140 runs with an average of 34.51. Buttler is one of three England cricketers with Dawid Malan and Heather Knight to have scored hundreds in all three formats of the game. I

ENG vs IND 5th Test preview: India aims for a historic win at Edgbaston

India vs England preview: India leads the 5-match Test series 2-1 against England. The last match, which was supposed to take place at Old Trafford, in 2021, has now been moved to Edgbaston

Eoin Morgan retires, draws curtains on glorious international career

After England's dismal failure at the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Morgan spearheaded the team's white-ball transformation to a bold, attacking approach and unprecedented heights.

England's Eoin Morgan set to announce international retirement on Tuesday

England's skipper Eoin Morgan is set to announce his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday after a career spanning 16 years during which he amassed over 10,000 runs across ODIs and T20Is.

Brutal Bairstow smashes England to Test series win over New Zealand

Set 299 to win in a little over two sessions on Day 5, England reached its target in 50 overs with Bairstow falling for 136 off 92 balls just before the victory was sealed

James Anderson first pacer to reach the landmark of 650 wickets in Tests

Anderson reached this landmark in the second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

Ben Stokes allays fitness concerns as England squad unchanged against NZ

England captain Ben Stokes allayed concerns about his fitness after he was selected in an unchanged team for the second cricket test against New Zealand starting on Friday. Stokes was seen holding his side and in conversation with the team doctor during a practice on Wednesday when he bowled only a few deliveries. The allrounder was hampered by a side strain in the final two tests of the Ashes against Australia across December and January, while he missed most of 2021 while recovering from two finger operations, as well as because of mental health reasons. Stokes, recently appointed as captain and looking to lead England to its first test series victory since January 2021, said he was simply a bit stiff and agreed with an assessment it was just wear and tear. Pretty much, yeah," Stokes said. It's probably just being more sensible around training and stuff like that because when you get out there and cross that line, you want to do everything you can to help win a game for ...

1st Test, Day 3: Root, Stokes take England closer to victory against NZ

The hosts need only 61 more runs to win the opening Test but one more wicket in the morning session on Sunday could blow this game wide open again

Ben Stokes turns 31: A look at top performances by England Test captain

He was born in New Zealand and later moved to England where he has played some memorable knocks for the English National Cricket Team.

Eng vs NZ 1st Test: After chaotic 1st day, England limps to 116-7

Stokes had publicly declared his side were working from a blank canvas following a dismal sequence of one victory in 17 attempts, but the flimsiness of the batting painted a familiar picture

England spinner Leach withdrawn from Lord's Test after suffering concussion

England left-arm spinner Jack Leach on Thursday was withdrawn from the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's due to concussion, said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

England must excite to attract stayaway fans, says Stuart Broad

England must produce a brand of cricket to excite supporters, fast bowler Stuart Broad said, with the team's first test match under new leadership failing to sell out any of its opening four days

Poetry in motion or train wreck? Gilchrist previews England-NZ Test series

Ex-Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist is hopeful that England can turn around their poor Test record in the last couple of years when the 3-match series against New Zealand starts at Lord's

India announce squads for South Africa T20Is and 5th Test against England

Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday announced their squads for the T20I series against South Africa and for the lone 5th Test against England.

England cricket team wants Ricky Ponting as Test coach, says report

The Australian legend Ponting is currently working as head coach with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals

Joe Root steps down as England Test captain

Following debacles in the Ashes and the three-match series against the West Indies, Joe Root stepped down as captain of the England Test side on Friday after leading the team for five years.