Overview

• Woakes defied a suspected dislocated shoulder to bat at number 11 with his arm in a sling as England needed 17 runs on the fifth day at The Oval.
• He ran four times before Gus Atkinson was bowled by Mohammed Siraj, leaving England six runs short and the series tied 2-2.
• In nets sessions he adopted a left-handed stance to shield his injured right shoulder and insisted he never considered missing the final innings.
• Woakes has joined captain Ben Stokes in rejecting formal injury substitutes, warning that they would create loopholes in Test regulations.
• He has thanked India’s Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant for their public praise and now focuses on recovery ahead of further scans.