Mark Wood to miss Pakistan test tour due to unexpected elbow injury, pacer eyes return next year
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Earlier, Mark Wood suffered a right thigh strain during the first test match against Sri Lanka.
Speedster Mark Wood will miss England’s test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand as he has been ruled out for the remainder of the year due to a bone-stress injury to his right elbow that left the pacer “shocked”. The development was confirmed by Wood through Instagram.
Earlier, Wood was ruled out from the ongoing Sri Lanka after he suffered a right thigh strain while bowling during the first test in Manchester. In Wood’s absence, the 20-year-old Josh Hull was added to the squad. Hull has made his debut in the third test at The Oval.
According to an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) release, the right-arm speedster Mark Wood “had noticed increasing stiffness and discomfort in his elbow” during the home test series against West Indies. The ECB added that the 34-year-old was recovering well from the thigh injury that he got during the first test against Sri Lanka.
Will miss the rest of the year: Mark Wood
In an Instagram post, Mark Wood revealed that he had gone for a routine elbow scan when the extent of the injury came to light. As a result, Wood will miss England’s final six tests of the year, three each in Pakistan in October and New Zealand in December.
Wood will work closely with the ECB’s medical team in the hope of getting fully fit by early 2025, before England’s white-ball tour of India and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
“Right, some pretty rubbish news… During what I thought was routine check on a previously troublesome elbow, I was shocked to learn I’ve got some bone stress in my right elbow. After the minor groin injury at Emirates Old Trafford, me and the medical team felt it was a good time to get my elbow looked at as it was a bit irritated. I’d put that down to the normal niggles every fast bowler gets and which I was playing through. I’m especially surprised because I’ve been playing Test cricket and kept my speeds up,” Wood wrote.
Wood added that he is confident of being back in action early next year.
“I work incredibly hard on my fitness, putting in extra work with coaches and physios making this even more disappointing. However, I guess this is, “part of being a fast bowler”, like Stokesy says. I will miss the rest of the year needing time to rest and build up, fully expecting to be back and firing in early 2025.
“I have been down this path before and will put in all the hard yards behind the scenes. I am very proud to represent my country and there is no better feeling. See you for some rockets in 2025,” the seamer concluded.
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