England drop Vince, recall Woakes and Pope for 5th Test

England dropped James Vince and recalled all-rounder Chris Woakes and middle-order batsman Ollie Pope in their 13-man squad for the fifth and final Test against India starting at the Oval on Friday.

England dropped James Vince and recalled all-rounder Chris Woakes and middle-order batsman Ollie Pope in their 13-man squad for the fifth and final Test against India starting at the Oval on Friday.

The Oval Test will incidentally be former skipper and England's highest run-scorer Alastair Cook's farewell game for his country.

Batsman James Vince has been released from the squad with Jonny Bairstow recovering enough to play as a specialist batsman.

Olliver Pope will join the squad on Thursday after playing the first two days of Surrey's county game against Essex in Chelmsford.

England have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-Test series.

Squad: Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes.