England stand-in captain Ollie Pope won the toss and elected to bowl in the final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against India at The Oval on Thursday.
"One is that we are without our three most experienced players, or we've got this phenomenal opportunity to do something special for the country, because there is no bigger honour," he added.
Australia captain Alyssa Healy expects England and India to prove hard to conquer for Australia at this year's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup this year, as per the official website of ICC.
"India, with all their resources, their population strength, they're not a team that people are patient with. They're expected to win every time they walk onto the park. So three Test series defeats in a row would be a problem for him," Atherton added.
In what comes as a major vote of confidence, legendary South African pacer Dale Steyn has backed India's Mohammed Siraj to take a five-wicket haul in the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, starting Thursday at The Oval.
Australia's Nathan Lyon believes Jack Leach is England's best spinner and is keen to see how the tourists perform Down Under later this year during the Ashes, as per the official website of ICC.
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