England will look to bounce back after a crushing defeat to India at Edgbaston as the five-match Test series hits the halfway mark.
The series is level at 1-1 after Shubman Gill inspired the visitors to a magnificent victory in Birmingham last time out.
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Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl on a pitch that showed no life across the whole five days.
But India simply batted and bowled better and deservedly claimed a huge victory.
Attention now turns to the third Test, where the pressure will be on England to bounce back.
Thankfully, they are set to be boosted by the return of Jofra Archer after over four years since his last Test.
England vs India: Date and how to follow
The Third Test is set to get underway on Thursday, July 10 and will run until Monday, July 14.
The start time every day at Lord’s in north London is set for 11am.
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Our expert team taking you through ball-by-ball consists of England legend Steve Harmison, ex-New Zealand star Jeremy Coney and fans’ favourite David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.
Sam Ellard will provide updates on talkSPORT too, with talkSPORT.com keeping you up to date with the latest.
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The Second Test will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
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England vs India: Teams
England have made one change from the side at Edgbaston as Archer replaces Josh Tongue.
There have been calls for Shoaib Bashir, Zak Crawley, and Ollie Pope to be replaced, but Stokes and Brendon McCullum have decided not to.
However, England fans will be delighted to see Archer back.
The fast bowler hasn’t played for his adopted nation since February 2021 in India.
He has only played 13 Tests due to a succession of injuries, but the excitement in seeing Archer bowl again will be huge for those in attendance.
Meanwhile, India have brought Jasprit Bumrah back in for Prasidh Krishna.
England:
- Zak Crawley
- Ben Duckett
- Ollie Pope
- Joe Root
- Harry Brook
- Ben Stokes (C)
- Jamie Smith (WK)
- Chris Woakes
- Brydon Carse
- Jofra Archer
- Shoaib Bashir
India:Â
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- KL Rahul
- Karun Nair
- Shubman Gill (C)
- Rishabh Pant (WK)
- Nitish Reddy
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Washington Sundar
- Akash Deep
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Siraj
Toss: England won the toss and decided to bat
Officials: Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Saikat, Ahsan Raza, Richie Richardson, Graham Lloyd
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England vs India matches this summer
- First Test: England won by 5 wickets – Headingley, Leeds
- Second Test: India won by 336 runs
- Third Test: July 10-14, Lord’s, London – 11am
- Fourth Test: July 23-27, Old Trafford, Manchester – 11am
- Fifth Test: July 31-August 4, The Oval, London – 11am
England vs India: What has been said?
Stokes has been speaking exclusively to talkSPORT’s Jon Norman ahead of the third Test.
The captain has been talking about Archer’s return.
He said: “It is incredibly exciting for England cricket fans, but most importantly, it is great for Jofra that he’s been adamant that since his injury problems, this is where he wanted to be.
“He wanted to play Test cricket again for England. When he eventually played in the short format stuff, his next goal was to get into a physical position where he could play Test cricket, so now that day is finally here, it is amazing for us and for him.
“The skill that Jof possesses, we all know what that is.
“It is pretty obvious what we expect from him, which is skill and bowling at the speed of light.
“He is a game-changer and has all the attributes to be one of the all-time greats to bowl for England.”
