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Jonathan Trott has failed to recover from his shoulder injury and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara for the third Test against India.Trott injured himself diving in the field during the second test victory at Trent Bridge that put England 2-0 up in the 4-Test series.
Chris Tremlett missed that game through injury but is named in the squad.
Steven Finn completes the thirteen-man party for the game, which starts at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Bopara has averaged 37.65 in first-class cricket in 2011, scoring three centuries for Essex. This week he scored nineteen and twentieth playing against Sri Lanka A for the England Lions at Scarborough.
A win for England will clinch the series and lift them to the number one spot in the ICC( International Cricket Council ) Test rankings.
Finn, twentytwo, has been named as cover for Tremlett, who is expected to be fit after suffering hamstring trouble and back spasms.
Tim Bresnan replaced Tremlett at Trent Bridge and took five wickets in the second innings, having also scored ninty in England's crushing win.
National selector Geoff Miller said: "Ravi Bopara comes in for Jonathan Trott, who is continuing his rehabilitation from his shoulder injury.
RAVI BOPARA FACTFILE
- Played 10 Tests for England since debut in 2007 against Sri Lanka
- Highest Test score is 143 against West Indies at Lord's in May 2009
- Dismissed for a duck in last Test innings against Australia at Headingly in August 2009
- Averages 33.46 in Tests compared with Jonthan Trott's 57.79
"But there is still plenty more to do in this series, and the squad and management will be determined to carry the momentum from recent weeks through to the remaining two Tests and push for a comprehensive series victory."
England Test squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), Jimmy Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett.
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