Mark Wood’s Pace Can Play Big Role for England turnback
AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING SPELL OUT ON THE SIDELINES, WOOD HAS BATTLED THROUGH VARIOUS INJURIES AND WILL BE HOPING TO PLAY AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE
IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR WOOD ON THE INJURY FRONT, AS HIP AND ELBOW INJURIES MEANT THE 33-YEAR-OLD SPENT A FRUSTRATING SPELL AWAY FROM THE FIELD.
ENGLAND, WHO ARE 4/1 IN THE CRICKET ODDS TO WIN THE ASHES THIS SUMMER, WERE DELIGHTED TO HAVE WOOD BACK FOR THE THIRD TEST
FOR A PLAYER WHO WAS NOT SURE HOW MUCH ASHES CRICKET HE WOULD PLAY THIS SUMMER, WOOD’S PACE WOULD SEEMINGLY MAKE HIM INDISPENSABLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SERIES
WOOD WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE MATCH FOR HIS EFFORTS AT HEADINGLEY, AS HE CLAIMED SEVEN WICKETS OVER THE COURSE OF THE THIRD TEST.