Jamie Overton reminded himself of a team for the decisive oval test of England against India

Jamie Overton has returned to the team of England for the last test against India, which starts on Thursday at the Oval, to offer coverage if the seaters swing through the pulled fourth luminaire do not recover on time.

Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse both played the first four games of the series, while Jofra Archer returned to the test side after an absence of four years to play the most recent two and never bent as much overs in a single match as the 49.1 that he had in Old Trafford. In the test of Mr Ben Stokes 44 Overs, a number that he only improved once in the past decade – six years ago in Barbados.

“You look at how long we have been in the field and the overs that we have bent as a bowling unit – everyone will be pretty tired, so there will be an assessment of everyone,” Stokes said on Sunday. “These recovery days will be pretty important, and we may have to make a few decisions to get some new legs. It will be two or three days of recovery for everyone, and we will give everyone the best chance we can. I will not hide from the fact that it was difficult for the bowlers.”

Overton was in the team for the first three games of the series, after he was last called in 2022, when he made his only earlier appearance against New Zealand in Headingley. He was released for the fourth game of this series to play in the County Championship, where he only bowed 14 overs for Surrey in a draw against Yorkshire in Scarborough. The team contains two other sailors who did not play at Old Trafford in Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson, who did not play a senior first teams since the one-off test against Zimbabwe in May, but who continued his recovery of a hamstring injury last week for Surrey’s second XI against Somerset Seconds-Heets.

India has confirmed that Rishabh Pant suffered a break in his right foot when he was hit by a Chris Woakes delivery on the opening day at Old Trafford. He is excluded from the last test and replaced by Narayan Jagadeesan, a 29-year-old Wicketkeeper with a first-class stroke average of 47.50 who never represented his country at senior level. Dhruv Jurel, who was in the last two games as a Wicketkeeper due to injuries to panting, stays in the team.