Third Test, The Oval: England v Pakistan
Dates: 18-22 August Start time: 1100 BST
Coverage: Live ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and BBC Sport website; live text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles; Also live on Sky Sports; Daily highlights on Five television
 Cook has struggled with his footwork and shot selection this summer
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England have retained out-of-form opener Alastair Cook in an unchanged team for the third Test against Pakistan at The Oval.
Vice-captain Cook has hit only 100 runs in his last seven Test innings, leading to doubts over his Ashes squad place.
However, selector Geoff Miller confirmed the Essex man, as well as the rest of the team that won at Edgbaston, will start on Wednesday.
Andrew Strauss's men lead the four-Test series 2-0.
Tim Bresnan has once again been chosen as bowling cover ahead of his fellow Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shahzad.
Bresnan will join the squad in London as cover on the eve of the Test on Tuesday only, before rejoining a county match against Durham at Chester-le-Street, which starts on Monday.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's hopes of running the rule over their fringe players in a two-day match at Worcestershire were scuppered by rain, with the contest abandoned as a draw on Saturday.
Pakistan must choose a replacement for seamer Umar Gul, who is likely to miss the rest of the Test series after tearing a hamstring during the nine-wicket second Test loss at Edgbaston.
England team: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wkt), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn. Bowling cover: Tim Bresnan
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