England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat in windy conditions in the third and final tests against Pakistan at the Rose Bowl on Friday.
21 Aug 2020 06:00PMThe home side have brought fast bowler Jofra Archer back into the side for left-arm seamer Sam Curran as their only change, retaining off-spinner Dom Bess in the line-up after there was speculation he could miss out."It does look drier than the previous wicket here, so we will try and make most of it first up," Root said at the toss.
Root conceded the decision to select Archer over Curran will weaken their batting, but feels they have enough in their top six to cope.
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