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Joe Root was 33 not out and Jonny Bairstow two not out in a match where an England victory would give them an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series and see them regain the Ashes.

England named their 14-man squad for the fifth Test at The Oval with Jimmy Anderson replacing Mark Footitt as the only change. “He’s had a really tough 12-18 months, losing the captaincy of the one-dayers, but he’s really got his teeth into the Test captaincy”.

The 34-year-old’s impending departure from Tests, his last remaining global format, was disclosed on Saturday, the day England officially regained the Ashes.

United have scored more than a quarter of the goals in their entire history in the 23 seasons of the Premier League – while their next loss will bring an unwanted record of achieving their 1,500th loss in the top flight.

The match was delayed by over five minutes as the Munster flanker received lengthy treatment before being stretchered off in some distress with a nasty-looking leg injury.

Stokes had not even bowled during Australia’s first innings when Stuart Broad’s eight-wicket haul blew Australia away for 60 on day one of this fourth Test.

Mitchell Starc was out for 11, making it 119-9, falling in Broad’s wicket maiden.

With just a few hours until the start of the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season, the world’s most popular league promises to deliver its most entertaining installment since its inception.

England won the third and fourth Tests in less than five days, the latter without the services of injured bowler James Anderson, and Cook said he was pleased to see his players step up to the mark in the absence of England’s record wicket-taker.

England are on the verge of winning The Ashes after Ben Stokes’ second Test five-wicket haul left the hosts just needing just four more wickets for victory after the second day at Trent Bridge.

Ben Stokes’s five-wicket haul left England on the verge of an Ashes-clinching win after the second day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge on Friday (August 7).

At lunch, Australia were 14 without loss in their second innings – still 317 runs behind – as England eyed a win that would put them 3-1 up in the five-match series and see them regain the Ashes.

And Stokes is setting his sights on finishing matters with minimal fuss.

England lead the five-match series 2-1 and victory at Trent Bridge would see them regain the Ashes after they were whitewashed 5-0 in Australia in 2013/14.

Mitchell Starc struggled for control in the first three tests before claiming six wickets at Trent Bridge and with Josh Hazlewood proving steady but none too penetrating the Australian attack was toothless.