FIFTH TEST ESSENTIAL

ENGLAND: Cook, Jennings, Ali, Root (capt), Bairstow (wkt), Stokes, Buttler, Curran, Rashid, Broad, Anderson.

INDIA (probable): Dhawan, Rahul, Pujara, Kohli (capt), Rahane, Vihari, Pant (wkt), Jadeja, Shami, Sharma, Bumrah. Start: 11am at The Oval.

TV: LIVE on Sky Sports from 10am. Highlights on Channel 5 at 7pm.

Radio: BBC 5 Live Sports Extra from 10.25am.

Online: Follow over-by-over coverage through the day at www.dailymail.co.uk/sport

Umpires: J Wilson (T&T) & K Dharmasena (SL).

TV umpire: B Oxenford (Aus).

Match referee: A Pycroft (Zim).

Pitch: There was a smattering of grass on the surface on eve of the game, but some of that will be shaved off this morning. The Oval will provide a bat-first surface, as it always does.

Weather: The Test should begin under sunny skies, though there is a chance of rain on Saturday. But the forecast is clear after that, so don’t expect a draw.