2015 The Ashes England Vs Australia Fifth Test at the Oval - James Anderson to miss final Test at The Oval

England bowler James Anderson will miss the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval that begins on Aug 20,2015 after failing to recover from a side strain. 

Captain Alastair Cook confirmed England would field an unchanged line-up against Australia, with Mark Wood joining Stuart Broad and Steven Finn in the pace attack

Stats of the match

• Australia have won only one of their last 11 Tests at The Oval (D6 L4) - in August 2001.
• England opener Adam Lyth is averaging just 12.28 in the series, with 86 runs from seven innings.
• Joe Root (73.83) and Chris Rogers (62.42) are the only batsmen averaging more than 50 in the series. 
• Steve Smith is currently on the longest run of single-figure scores in his Test career (four); but if he scores 48 or more in the first innings he will become the joint fourth-quickest Australian to reach 3,000 Test runs.
• Michael Clarke is looking to become only the fifth player to score a century in both his first and his last Test.

Alastair Cook said his opening partner Adam Lyth needs a good match at The Oval in order to safeguard his place in the team after a run of low scores.

Adam Lyth has scored just 86 runs from seven innings in the series at an average of 12.28.

Farewell to Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers

Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers have both confirmed that the fifth Test will be their final appearance in Test cricket.
Michael Clarke has played 114 Tests, scoring 28 hundreds and averaging 49.30, and has captained Australia in 37 of those matches.

Chris Rogers - Australia's top run-scorer in the current series - has played 24 Tests, all but one of those after being recalled at the age of 35 in 2013. He has scored five centuries and averages 42.86