England won the toss and chose to bowl in the final test of the five-match series against India at The Oval on Thursday, with the tourists needing a victory to level a hard-fought series.England are without captain Ben Stokes due to a shoulder injury,

Ben Stokes has won his fourth straight toss of the test series against India as England chose to bowl first at Old Trafford

England emphatically bossed the first two hours on Friday at The Oval, threatening to run away with the final Test through Gus Atkinson first, and then openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, but when has this series followed the script?