{"id":41671,"date":"2025-08-04T01:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41671\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:20:08","slug":"england-vs-india-fifth-test-chris-woakes-injury-batting-in-run-chase-video-highlights-start-time-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41671\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs India fifth Test, Chris Woakes injury, batting in run chase, video, highlights, start time, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injured England all-rounder Chris Woakes will be available to bat on day five of the series finale against India at The Oval if required, teammate Joe Root has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Woakes was ruled out of the remainder of the fifth Test<\/a> in London after suffering a suspected shoulder dislocation while attempting to prevent a boundary during India\u2019s first innings, an injury that has put his hopes of an Ashes call-up in doubt.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of hundreds to Root and Harry Brook<\/a>, England is 35 runs away from completing its second-highest successful run chase in Test history, while the tourists need four wickets to seal a famous victory and tie the series at 2-2.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like think we have got what we need to get across the line tomorrow,\u201d Root told reporters at stumps on day four.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been one hell of a series, one hell of a journey and the confidence in our dressing room, clearly we feel we have got the players to get us across the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in for a great day tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Woakes practised batting one-handed at the venue\u2019s indoor nets on Sunday, while the 36-year-old was seen wearing his whites in the England changing rooms during the evening session, albeit with his arm in a sling.<\/p>\n

Root confirmed that Woakes would be willing to \u201cput his body on the line\u201d to help England win the series finale if required.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s all in, like the rest of us,\u201d Root declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been that kind of series where guys have had to put bodies on the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully it doesn\u2019t come to that but he had some throw-downs in here at one point so he\u2019s ready if needed. He\u2019s desperate to do what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cClearly, he\u2019s in a huge amount of pain having done what he\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just shows, as we\u2019ve seen from other guys in this series \u2014 (Rishabh) Pant batting with a broken foot (in Manchester), guys taking all sorts of blows here and there, but it means a huge amount to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just shows the character and the person that he\u2019s willing to put his body on the line like that for England, and hopefully \u2014 well, hopefully he doesn\u2019t have to, but if it does come to that \u2014 get us across the line and win us an incredible series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Woakes of England. Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

West Indies legend Malcolm Marshall batted one-handed with a fractured thumb during the 1984 Headingley Test against England \u2014 which allowed teammate Larry Gomes to score a century \u2014 while former South African captain Graeme Smith famously walked out to bat with a damaged hand in an attempt to help the Proteas salvage a draw during the 2009 New Year\u2019s Test against Australia at the SCG.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Pakistan\u2019s Saleem Malik switched his stance and batted left-handed after suffering a broken arm during the 1986 Faisalabad Test against the West Indies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d Root responded when asked about Woakes would go about his innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve not seen him practice yet. You might get a better indication tomorrow if he has some throwdowns in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fifth Test between England and India will resume on Monday at 8pm AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injured England all-rounder Chris Woakes will be available to bat on day five of the series finale against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-41671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}