England can secure a series win over India this week as they head to Old Trafford for their fourth Test of the summer, live on talkSPORT.
Ben Stokes’ side fought through a fiery few days of action in the third Test to secure a nail-biting win and claim a 2-1 lead.
There were many flashpoints and clashes between the two teams throughout, but it was the home team that managed to come out on top.
It means that heading into this penultimate Test of the series, Brendon McCullum’s men need one more win to seal victory.
India have been hit by injuries but will welcome back some big names as they aim to set up a thrilling decider by levelling things at 2-2.
England vs India: Start time and how to follow
The fourth Test of this series will begin on Wednesday, July 23 and run through until Sunday, July 27.
It is being held at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester and play on each day of the Test will get started at 11am.
For the first time, talkSPORT overseas listeners can tune into coverage of an England home Test series via the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube channel.
Our expert team taking you through ball-by-ball consists of England legend Steve Harmison, ex-New Zealand star Jeremy Coney and fans’ favourite David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.
Sam Ellard will provide updates on talkSPORT too, with talkSPORT.com keeping you up to date with the latest.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Sky Sports will broadcast each day of the Test live on Sky Sports Cricket too.
England vs India Fourth Test: Team news and squads
England have added spin bowler Liam Dawson to the squad, replacing Shoaib Bashir, who sustained a broken finger last time out.
Jamie Overton and Sam Cook have returned to their county teams.
Meanwhile, India are set to be without bowlers Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh, while Nitesh Kumar Reddy has already been ruled out for the series.
Anshul Kamboj has been called up to the squad, with Rishabh Pant to return and Jasprit Bumrah confirmed to be fit enough to play.
England squad: Ben Stokes (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (WK), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
India squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj.
England vs India: Test series
England lead Test series 2-1
- First Test – England won by five wickets (Headingley)
- Second Test – India won by 336 runs (Edgbaston)
- Third Test – England won by 22 runs (Lord’s)
- Fourth Test – July 23-27 (Old Trafford)
- Fifth Test – July 31-August 4 (The Oval)
England vs India Fourth Test: What has been said?
Stokes has looked back on a ‘bizarre’ Third Test victory a week ago.
He told Test Match Special: “It was just bizarre. We have seen that when the ball was a bit harder and a bit newer, a lot more was happening.
“It was a game of cat and mouse. I had to stay very true and very firm with myself with how I thought we would win this game.
“If it was going to take 80 overs of singles. That’s what I was going to do.”
On having Archer back in the squad, he added: “I think you can just see what happens around the ground when he gets announced.
“The crowd lifts, the atmosphere changes, the batters feel it when he comes on. To back up spells like he has done is going to do him the world of good.”