England have called up Liam Dawson to replace the injured Shoaib Bashir in the fourth Test against India. The Three Lions take on the Men in Blue at Old Trafford on Wednesday, as Brendon McCullum names an unchanged line-up, bar Dawson’s inclusion.

The veteran Hampshire left-arm spinner makes his first Test appearance in eight years as England seek a win in the fourth Test at Old Trafford that would give them an unassailable 3-1 lead and earn them the most important series victory in the three years under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

England's Liam Dawson has been named in the team to play India in the fourth test of the series at Old Trafford, England's cricket board (ECB) announced on Monday, marking the spinner's first test appearance in eight years.