England has dropped jason Roy and Ben Stokes May play a specialist batsman at the final Ashes Test against Australia.
Stokes was limited to 10.5 overs in Old Trafford last week after injuring his shoulder in Australia’s first innings and will not bowl in south London from Thursday because England seem to make a 2-2 series draw.
Sam Curran was drafted in as a fourth seam-bowling option to pay for, significance batsman Roy – that has scored only 110 runs in the series with an average of 13.75 – makes manner, although Chris Woakes has additionally been remembered in place of fellow paceman Craig Overton.
England captain Joe Root said:”It’s always hard to leave guys out but Stokesy picked up a shoulder injury in the last game.
“He won’t be able to bowl the overs you would normally expect him and I think that it could be a danger to take him into the match as a fourth seamer.
“He might have the ability to bowl a few overs here and there but his batting is, as this series indicates , a huge part of the facet and he rightly deserves to be in the team because a top-four batter.
“That we’ve had to alter the balance of the side along with Jason is the unlucky one to miss out.
“Jason has an chance to enter and play Test cricket and get a feel for it and it’s not gone as he’d have liked, but I am sure he will go off and work really hard and come back again.
“That’s what you expect of guys when they get left out. I’m sure he will have that mindset. Get himself back and he’ll want to prove a point.
“He’s very conscious of where he is in and what he wants to do to get himself in the ideal spot to perform in Test cricket.”
Australia – who retained the Ashes using a 185-run success in Manchester on Sunday – will make a minumum of one alteration with all all-rounder Mitchell Marsh coming for part time spinner Travis Head and batsman.
Peter Siddle has been named in a 12-man squad, and is hoping to break up the pace attack of Pat Cummins,” Mitchell Starc along with Josh Hazlewood.
“The bowlers bowled a great deal of overs [at Old Trafford] thus bringing in Mitchell will ease a good deal of the workload onto them,” said Australia captain Tim Paine at his press conference.
“It was a tough call on Travis, who’s made a great start to his Test career, however we only want a little more bowling thickness on what seems like a really good wicket and to have the ability to look after out big fast bowlers.
“Mitchell also has two Test countless so we have complete faith in him with the violin .”
Paine’s unwanted will look to win the Ashes series outright for the first time in England as 2001, when Steve Waugh captained the Baggy Greens and lead the series 2-1.
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