'We're not ruling anyone out' - Miller

Following the crushing defeat in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley, the England Chairman of Selectors, Geoff Miller, says all options will be considered for the Oval.

"What we have to do as selectors is measure the quality of what they are doing in domestic cricket and whether they can do it internationally. There's a lot more pressure in Test cricket, it's a different game altogether," Miller told the BBC.

Miller has refused to rule out recalling the Surrey batsman Mark Ramprakash for the decisive fifth Ashes Test.

Ramprakash turns 40 in September but has a good record against Australia, having scored 933 runs in 12 Tests against them at an average of 42.40.

Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell, who replaced the injured Kevin Pietersen in the third Test at Edgbaston, contributed a total of 16 runs in Leeds.

The England coach Andy Flower has suggested changes could be made to England's batting personnel for The Oval following the series-levelling defeat inside three days in the fourth Test.

But Miller denied that Flower had said that Bopara would not play in the final Test at the Oval next week.

"The players we have in the side are good enough to be international players. It doesn't necessarily mean, all of a sudden, that they are not good enough.

"We stay loyal with the players unless we feel it's completely necessary to make those changes.

"We will sit down and work out the best way forward."

Bopara and Alastair Cook have been offered an opportunity to rediscover some form with Essex ahead of the Ashes decider next week.

Both have been named in Essex's 12-man squad for their LV County Championship contest against Middlesex at Lord's.

Under normal circumstances, the players would not have been available but the fact the penultimate Test lasted little more than seven sessions has opened up the chance for match practice.