England are set to take a massive punt by picking Jonathan Trott for his Test debut in the Ashes decider at The Oval starting Thursday.
The BBC reported the South African-raised batsman is set to come in for the out-of-sorts Ravi Bopara with Ian Bell to move up the order to No.3 after scoring 126 for Warwickshire this week.
Bell’s county teammate Trott made 121 in the same game and has been withdrawn from Australia’s tour match against the England Lions that started on Saturday.
England, who must win the fifth Test to regain the Ashes, are set to announce their squad at 1830 AEST on Sunday.
Bopara had made just 105 runs at 15 in the opening four Ashes Test before making 52 for Essex on Friday.
But it is understood that knock wasn’t enough to sway selectors for Bopara to retain his spot.
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