England vs India 5th Test live: scorecard, updates from day 1

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Ben Stokes is here and will be throughout the Test. He very much enjoyed that review that Pope called correctly and was seen smiling and laughing in the dressing room.
As an aside, this is the first Test match being played with the new super-duper upgraded dressing rooms. The Oval have built new changing rooms so they can have separate ones for women's matches and the players have got swanky new padded seats on a new balcony area.
Ollie Pope had never won a toss or had a successful review (in 14 attempts) as England captain until this morning. He Now he has managed both and we have only been playing for 20 minutes.
Half a shout for leg-before against Jaiswal and Ollie Pope has been persuaded to review the not out decision. It's jagged back in and hit Jaiswal on the back pad. No bat and it's OUT.
Good review by the stand-in skipper and a lovely piece of bowling by Gus Atkinson; great seam presentation and it's nipped in off the seam and beaten the Indian opener.
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We have had some early sawdust action with it being a bit damp under foot. It really did absolutely hammer it down last night.
Woakes has got some nice swing early on and just a couple off the first over.
It will be Gus Atkinson on his home ground from his preferred Pavilion End.
Laura Wright has led the national anthems as usual, the ground has filled up and we're going to get some cricket.
It will be Chris Woakes, who has bowled more overs in this series than in any other throughout his career, starting from the Vauxhall End.
This is the 22nd first-class match (and fourth Test) at The Oval since May 2023. On every single one of those 22 occasions, the captain who has won the toss has chosen to bowl first.
The groundstaff have been very busy this morning. They have just whipped the covers off and they are rolling up the mat that was covering the pitch. There's going to be action soon; the man who puts the microphone into the stumps has headed out to the middle and he only does that when the umpires are about to stick the stumps into the ground.
The coin has gone up and Shubman Gill has lost it, again. India have lost the toss for the 15th international match in a row. The odds of that are 32,768/1 by the way…
Anyway, England are going to have a bowl which is not a surprise; there is grass on the pitch and it's very overcast.
'I think it was a no-brainer to bowl first with the conditions we have,' Pope told Sky Sports.
'We are 2-1 up but we will not be content with a 2-2.'
India's team: as expected no Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna is their seam bowling attack.
Complete sell out at the Oval today, people are streaming in down the Harleyford Road.
But I am afraid to report that the covers are being dragged on to the square; the radar did say it would rain about 10.30.
Delayed toss I fear although that hasn't been confirmed yet.
A very good morning from the Oval. There were some seriously heavy downpours in the night, but at the moment it's dry, although the forecast and the radar say it's not going to stay that way for long. It looks like we will be in for a very disrupted day, but with a bit of luck, we should get some play
It's a different looking England side with four changes. The captain Ben Stokes has a shoulder injury, so Ollie Pope takes the captaincy for this one. Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse have been rested, while Liam Dawson, the spinner who played his first Test in eight years at Old Trafford, has been left out.
Josh Tongue comes back in for the first time since the second match of the series, while Gus Atkinson will make his first appearance since the Zimbabwe Test earlier this summer. Jamie Overton is playing for the first time since his only test in 2022 . Jacob Bethell comes to bat at number six in place of Stokes.
England lost their last Test here against Sri Lanka last summer when Pope was also in charge.
India haven't confirmed their team and will do so at the toss.
Join me throughout the day for updates from on and off the pitch.