England veteran all -rounder Chris Woakes has announced retirement from international cricket. The 36 -year -old Vox was last seen playing in the Oval Test against India. He retired from international cricket after not being selected in England Squad for the Ashes Series. He also told that he will continue to play county cricket.

Chris Woakes issued a statement saying, “The time has come, I have decided that now is the right time to move away from international cricket. It was my childhood dream to play for England and I am lucky to fulfill my dream. Representing England, wearing a jersey with 3 lions and playing with colleagues for 15 years, some of which are my very good friends.

The last match was played against India

Chris Woakes played the last match against India at the Oval ground. He was injured in that match, due to which he could not bowl. Despite this, he came to batting with a broken shoulder. In that match, India had registered an exciting victory of 6 runs. Vox took a total of 11 wickets in that series.

Chris Woakes made his international debut against Australia in 2011. He also scored 2034 runs in his career with 192 wickets in 61 Tests. In his 122 ODI matches, he scored 1524 runs in batting with 173 wickets. He played 33 T20 matches in his career, with 31 wickets in his name.

Chris Woakes, who retired in the year 2025, is the first cricket. However, many players from other teams have announced retirement this year. It is said that 2025 has been a year of retirement and now the new name has also been added to it.

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A strange case has come to light in the India vs England Oval Test. On the second day of the match, Team India’s first innings was reduced to 224 runs, in response, the England team has scored 247 runs. In this way, the English team got a lead of 23 runs in the first innings. England’s innings came into the discussion because even after losing only 9 wickets, it was declared an allout. This is due to the ICC’s Substitute Rules, which remained in controversies during this series.

England lost the eighth wicket at a score of 235. After that, Harry Brook and Josh Tung added 12 runs for the 9th wicket, then England’s 9th wicket fell on the score of 247. England’s innings was declared an allout as soon as the ninth wicket fell.

9 wickets fell, yet allout

On the first day of the Oval Test, Chris Woakes was injured while stopping a boundary. He could not return to the field on the first day and before the beginning of the second day, ECB announced that the Vox has been dropped from the fifth Test.

Under the ICC’s Substitute Rules, England team can replace the 11th fielder in the field during fielding. But the subsidy rules also say that the player can neither bat as a substitute in place of the injured player nor bowling. Due to the subsidy rule, no other player could batting instead of Chris Woakes.

During this series, the Substitute Rules also came into the discussion due to Rishabh Pant. In the Manchester Test, Rishabh Pant had a fracture in the toe. If Pant had not come to batting, Team India would have been declared an allout if 9 wickets fell.

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England’s difficulties in the Oval Test increased and they will play with only 10 players on the four days of the match. Yes, all -rounder Chris Woakes is out of the fifth Test due to injury. Vox was hurt while stopping the boundary on the first day of the match. He went out of the field after that. Due to this injury of Vox, once again the Substitute Rules have come into the discussion. This rule also came into the discussion when Rishabh Pant, vice -captain of the Indian Test team, was injured.

On Friday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) officially confirmed that Vox has been ruled out of the fifth Test. Remind you that after the end of the first day’s play, the fast bowler Gas Atkinson had already told that Vox may not play the rest of the match and now the board has confirmed it. This is a big shock for England as the Oval Pitch was proving to be very helpful for the bowling style of Woakes.

England will play with 10 players

Due to the injury of Chris Woakes, a debate has once again erupted on the ICC’s Substitute Rules. In fact, the ICC’s substitute rules say that the player who came in the field instead of the injured player can do fielding and wicketkeeping, but he is not allowed to bowl or bat. So when England will come to field in the Oval Test, then 11 of its players will be on the field. But no other player will be able to bat instead of Vox.

Even during the Manchester Test, this rule remained in the discussion. However, Pant came to bat despite the thumb fracture. If Pant had not done so, then instead of 11 players of Team India, only 10 players would come to bat.

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The fourth match of the five -match Test series between India and England is to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester from 23 July. England are currently 2–1 in the series. England bowlers bowled dangerous at Lord’s. He did not allow India to chase 193 runs. Jofra Archer took 5 wickets in his return match. But in Manchester, more danger than Archer, the Indian team is from fast bowler Chris Woakes. Vox’s record on Manchester ground is excellent.

Vox’s best record in Manchester

Vox can prove to be a threat to Indian batsmen on Manchester ground. Vox has played a total of 7 Test matches in Manchester so far. During this time, Vox has taken 35 wickets at an average of 17.37. Vox takes 5 wickets in almost every match on this ground. Vox has done the feat to take 5 wicket halls in an innings on this ground twice. If the statistics are to be believed, Vox can break down on Indian batsmen. Talk about the record in this series of Woakes, Vox has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches so far.

India’s record bad in Manchester

The record of the Indian team on the Manchester ground is very bad. The Indian team is waiting for their first Test victory here for 89 years. The Indian team has played 9 matches on this ground so far. During this time, he has not won a single match. At the same time, four matches have won England. While 5 matches are left on draw.

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England have announced the playing-11 for the fourth Test. There has been only one change in the team. Shoaib Bashir is out of the series after being injured in the third Test. In his place, England has included Liam Dawson in the team.

England playing-11: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Liam Dason.

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The five -match Test series between India and England will start from Friday i.e. tomorrow. The match will be played at Headingley, Leeds, England. In this series, both teams have one to one veteran bowler. The Indian team has Jaspreet Bumrah, who has experience playing in England. Bumrah has taken a lot of wickets here. At the same time, England have veteran bowler Chris Woakes, who have been performing brilliantly for England for a long time. Both bowlers are strong contenders for taking the most wickets in this series.

4 big contenders for taking the most wickets in India-England series

1- Jaspreet Bumrah- Indian fast bowler Bumrah is currently one of the best bowlers in the world. He has taken more than 200 wickets in Test cricket. He also has experience of playing in England. Bumrah has taken a lot of wickets in England too. In such a situation, if Bumrah takes the most wickets in this series, then it will not be shocking.

2- Chris Woakes- Chris Woakes is one of the most experienced players in England’s bowling attack. Vox has so far taken 181 wickets in Test cricket. In this series, he will be very responsible. He has performed brilliantly against India on many occasions. The team will once again expect them to do good in the series against India.

3- Mohammad Siraj- Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has taken 100 wickets in Test cricket. They have the ability to swing the ball on both sides. They can also take a lot of wickets in this Test series.

4- Shoaib Bashir- The team will have high expectation from England spin bowler Shoaib Bashir. He is the main spinner of the team. Bashir has a lot of experience of bowling in England. They can prove to be a threat in the series for Indian batsmen.

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