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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There is a fierce battle on the ICC’s substitute rule. Rishabh Pant has been injured in the India vs England Manchester Test, there is a fracture in his toe, due to which he is under threat of being out of the series. Meanwhile, new rules have been implemented for replacement in first-class cricket. Now the rule has been made to replace the batsman and the bowler instead of the batsman. However, at present, this rule will be implemented only as a trial.

The rule of like for like replacement in first-class cricket will be implemented from October 2025. The player can be replaced if he gets a serious injury. The purpose of this rule will be to maintain fairness in the match, which does not harm the team whose player is injured.

This rule will be applicable only when the player is seriously injured. The new replacement rule will not be applicable in the event of problems like hamstring or mild pain. This rule of ICC also says that the player who came as a replacement will not take up all the responsibilities that the injured player was handling. That is, a full substitute cannot be replaced in place of the injured player.

A similar situation currently remains in India vs England Manchester Test, where the Indian team will suffer a huge loss due to the injury of Rishabh Pant. Pant had scored 37 runs before the injury in this match and was moving towards the big score. Let us know that Pant has scored more than 450 runs in the current series, so his injury is very bad news for Team India, because this new replacement rule is not applicable in Test cricket at the moment.

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