RICHARD GIBSON AT THE OVAL: Only finishing as they started will do for England now. Just as in Leeds six weeks ago, they are required to complete their second biggest Test chase in history.

Test Match Breakfast takes a look at some of the biggest issues around cricket during England’s huge fifth Test against India at The Oval.

Woakes left the field with his left arm in a makeshift sling late on the first evening after taking a painful tumble at the boundary edge.

Rain is on the menu as England and India finish their absorbing series at The Oval

Flintoff’s case was deemed ‘one of the most complex’ his surgeon had ever encountered

CHRIS WOAKES is almost certainly out of the Fifth Test against India with a suspected dislocated left shoulder. Woakes, 35, hurt himself fielding and had to be helped off the field at The Oval, bef…

Overseas investment could mean new team branding and a switch to Twenty20.

COMMENT BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: No sooner had Stokes been declared unfit for the series finale against India than thoughts turned, in something close to blind panic, to the Ashes.

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Surrey take three wickets in the final session to leave Durham 222-5 in their second innings, a lead of just 53.

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Lancashire have said they are investigating the incident at Old Trafford | ESPN.co.uk

DAVID LLOYD AT OLD TRAFFORD:: England found it hard-going on the final day of the fourth Test against India, toiling away but failing to find the wickets needed to win the game.

England’s conduct in the last hour of the Manchester Test came across as moral posturing, and it’s regrettable that it came on the watch of an otherwise great ambassador for the game | ESPN.co.uk

Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar’s unbroken 222-run stand ensured India claimed a bore draw at Old Trafford in the fourth Test, with sights now switching to The Oval

OLIVER HOLT AT OLD TRAFFORD: Stokes paid an affectionate tribute to his dad when he reached his century here on Saturday, looking to the sky and folding his middle finger under his palm.

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Watch highlights from the morning session on day five of the fourth Test between England and India at the Emirates Old Trafford.

India trail England by 88 runs at lunch on the final day at Old Trafford

After the exhilaration of Ben Stokes’s first Test century in two years, England are pegged back in a frustrating end to the fourth day

Batter Joe Root says he will not focus on beating Sachin Tendulkar’s Test run-scoring record during the rest of his career.

Tim David breaks the record for the fastest Twenty20 International century for Australia as they beat the West Indies to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match series.

The international star was in Sydney for the 2022 World Cup when a woman he dated after meeting her on Tinder accused him of sexual assault.

DAVID COVERDALE AT OLD TRAFFORD: If Friday was the day that Joe Root cemented his place among the all-time greats, on Saturday it was Ben Stokes’ turn to do so.

OLIVER HOLT: David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd leaned on the railing of the third-floor balcony of the Old Trafford pavilion on Saturday morning and gazed out at the ground.

In the wake of Joe Root’s rise to No 2 in the all-time Test-run rankings, it appears the former England international is not so impressed

RICHARD GIBSON AT OLD TRAFFORD: Joe Root’s historic moment came at 3.35pm in poetic fashion when he opened the face of the bat and guided a single backward of point off Anshul Kamboj.

Australia have now chased 200-plus targets most number of times in T20Is | ESPN.co.uk

Tensions between the two sides have reached fever pitch in an ill-tempered Test series.

Ben Stokes retires with cramp on the third day of the fourth test between England and India.

Warwickshire complete the third highest run chase in their history as they score 396-3 to beat local rivals Worcestershire at Edgbaston.

American investment fund is first to conclude negotiations as it expands Birmingham sport portfolio | ESPN.co.uk

Earlier, Pant, batting with a fractured right foot, scored a half-century and helped India cross 350 | ESPN.co.uk

NASSER HUSSAIN: Against India, I cannot remember Stokes bowling a bad spell. He has been England’s best bowler in the series. He now has 16 wickets, the most he has taken in a series.

RICHARD GIBSON AT OLD TRAFFORD: Crawley pleaded innocence in response to a pre-match accusation from India captain Gill that he had gone against the spirit of the game.

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Ben Stokes’ first five-wicket haul in eight years and a dizzying opening partnership give England much the better of the second day of the fourth Test against India.

Pant inside-edged a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes’ yorker flush on to his boot.

Ex-Somerset legend says concerns were raised about conditions that ‘reduced game to a farce’

NASSER HUSSAIN: To come into the team mid-series is not easy, especially when you have been out of it for eight years and a lot of people have been calling for your return.

Sanjay Manjrekar on the England captain’s impressive spells with the ball

Sanjay Manjrekar on the platform set by India’s openers

Graham Thorpe took his own life on August 4 after years of struggling with anxiety and depression and his wife Amanda was among those to speak at an inquest into his death

Sanjay Manjrekar on the batter’s gritty half-century

Kaur blasted a brilliant 102 off 84 balls to put her team in control towards the end of their innings.

India captain Shubman Gill says England acted against the “spirit of cricket” during a dramatic third Test at Lord’s.

Dawson, who makes his Test return in Manchester on Wednesday after eight years away, has replaced the injured Shoaib Bashir – with the prize of an Ashes tour on the horizon if he performs well.

Spinner Sophie Ecclestone considered quitting cricket following the fallout of England’s 16-0 Ashes defeat.