Spinner Liam Dawson will play his first Check in eight years after being named within the England crew to face India at Outdated Trafford on Wednesday.

Left-armer Dawson, 35, returns because the alternative for off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who suffered a damaged finger within the thrilling third-Check win at Lord’s.

Tempo bowler Chris Woakes retains his place, holding off the problem of Gus Atkinson.

England are 2-1 up and can win the sequence in the event that they take the fourth Check in Manchester. They haven’t received a five-Check sequence since 2018.

Hampshire’s Dawson will win his fourth Check cap, his third coming towards South Africa in July 2017.

England have performed 102 Exams since Dawson final appeared. Solely six different gamers in historical past have gone extra Exams between caps.

Whereas Dawson will present dependable gradual left-arm, he additionally boosts England’s lower-order batting. He owns 18 first-class a whole lot and his common of 35.29 outstrips opener Zak Crawley.

A part of the squad that received the 2019 World Cup, his worldwide profession seemed to be over. After fleeting appearances in white-ball cricket in 2022, he went greater than three years with out one other call-up.

Initially of this summer season, he stated he was “lifelike” about his England prospects, solely to obtain a recall for the T20 sequence towards West Indies in Might.

He now will get his likelihood within the Check aspect, leap-frogging fellow left-armer Jack Leach, who was a part of England’s squads through the winter and has a central contract.

“He brings expertise and guile,” batter Harry Brook instructed BBC Sport. “He is very skilful.

“He is been across the block, performed a whole lot of video games and he is a fantastic bloke. He is very aggressive and he is an excellent participant.

“He was very nervous earlier than his T20 comeback and I am certain he’ll be nervous this week. I am certain he’ll let his expertise and expertise take over.”