Wood is not playing this year due to injury

Wood is not playing this year due to injury

English pacer Mark Wood will not be seen on the field for the rest of the year due to injury. In the second innings of the first Test of the current series against Sri Lanka, Wood suffered a thigh strain while bowling.

As a precaution, he was not included in the squad for the next two Tests. But not that thigh injury, this pacer will not be able to enter the field this year due to a serious elbow injury. Wood was diagnosed with an elbow injury during a routine checkup.

As a result, Wood will not be able to play in 6 Tests during England's tour of Pakistan and New Zealand this year. Apart from this, England will play 5 ODIs, 3 T20Is against Australia and 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is on the West Indies tour during the rest of the year. Wood cannot play A matches either.

Wood is recovering from a thigh injury suffered in the first Test of the series against Sri Lanka. Regarding thigh and elbow injuries, Wood wrote on social media, 'Elbow sore before, thought it was a routine checkup. I was surprised to know that there is a slight bone injury in my right elbow.

Wood then added, "Having had some discomfort in the elbow following a slight groin strain at Old Trafford, myself and the medical team thought it was a good time to check the elbow. I thought it was a minor problem that fast bowlers have to play with, which I played with. I was very surprised that I was playing Test cricket with such a big problem and the pace was slowly picking up.'

Wood is bowling the fastest in his career with this injury. He bowled at 97.1 mph in the Trent Bridge Test against the West Indies before being knocked off the field. Wood hopes to return to the England jersey early next year. England will tour India early next year and play the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February.

Ollie Stone replaced Wood in the Lord's Test. 20-year-old Josh Hull made his last Test debut at Kennington Oval.