With 168 completed Test matches and 639 wickets -- the highest ever by a pace bowler -- the 39-year-old Anderson is still England's most potent bowler in the longest format of the game as he continues to shoulder the bulk of the burden in the ongoing Ashes series.
Root, who scored his third successive hundred of the ongoing series, put his side in the driver's seat after they bundled out India for a partly 78.
Following a total washout on the opening day of the rain-marred clash in Southampton, the Virat Kohli-led side had an opportunity to include a pacer instead of going with two spinners.
Stokes marked his return to cricket after a surgery to his left index finger on Sunday, striking an 18-ball 29 and taking one wicket, as his county side Durham defeated Birmingham Bears by 22 runs in the Vitality Blast T20 tournament
Former England captain Alastair Cook is disappointed with the ECB rest and rotation policy and feels it's the main reason for the team's 0-1 loss to New Zealand in the two-Test series recently.
New Zealand head into the fixture on the back of a 1-0 Test series victory over hosts England last week while the last red-ball match India featured in was in March.
The 38-year-old pacer made his 161st Test appearance for England as they took on New Zealand in the first match of the two-Test rubber.
In 2012, Cook's men beat a formidable Indian side, including the likes of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 2-1 in its own den in a four-Test series.
Veteran pacer Broad finished the third Test between England and West Indies with a match haul of 10 for 67 during which he touched the milestone of 500 Test wickets.
Alastair Cook named the one Indian batsman who can match the genius of West Indies great Brian Lara.
Former England captain Alastair Cook has insisted that the County season should be cancelled if it cannot be played in full.
Cook and Skerritt have accepted the Club's invitation to join the committee, which meets twice a year to discuss the most important issues concerning the game and acts as an independent voice in world cricket.
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