By Chris Stocks
JOE ROOT insists England will not be distracted by the occasion of Alastair Cook’s final Test and believes the desire to send the opener off in style at The Oval will act as an added motivation for his players to finish the series against India in style.
Root yesterday named an unchanged XI from last week’s series-sealing win in Southampton, with confirmation he would move down the order to four, Moeen Ali would be promoted to No3 and Jonny Bairstow, fully recovered from his fractured finger, will take back the wicketkeeping gloves from Jos Buttler.
England are g...