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Cricket: England’s captain withdraws from final Test against India

# Cricket: England’s captain, Ben Stokes, had to withdraw from the fifth and final Test against India with a shoulder injury, and Ollie Pope will lead the team. Stokes has been in superb form in the series so far, taking five wickets and scoring 141 runs in the drawn fourth Test. Bowlers Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse and Liam Dawson were left out of the squad and were replaced by Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue and Jamie Overton. The fifth Test starts at the Oval in London tomorrow, with England leading the series 2-1.