[b]Ed Hawkins cannot see much hope for the tourists as they try to get back into the series at Edgbaston with the action beginning on Wednesday.[/b]
[b]England[/b]
It will be same again for the hosts apart from the one well-documented change with [b]Ravi Bopara[/b] replacing the injured Jonathan Trott. Bopara is hardly like-for-like. Trott is obdurate, dependable, old world. Bopara is flashy, risky and thrilling.
He has waited patiently for his chance to come round again. He has not played since being dropped from the 2009 Ashes team. Earlier in the summer he had appeared to go head-to-head with Eoin Morgan for the No 6 slot. "This little window of opportunity for me is to go out and score some runs," he said.
[b]India[/b]
It's been a task to keep up with India's injury...