Mark Wood has been ruled out of England’s third LV= Insurance Test against India with a shoulder injury.
Joe Root’s side were already without Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Olly Stone and Chris Woakes and have seen their pace attack further depleted by Wood’s setback.
The Durham quick hurt himself in the field on day four of the defeat at Lord’s, careering into an advertising board attempting to stop a boundary.
He bowled the next day, hitting 90mph, but was advised to stand down after further assessments in Leeds.
No replacement has been called up for Wood, with Craig Overton and Saqib Mahmood already with the squad as back-up seamers.
Both men were put through their paces at nets on Monday morning, with Overton looking to secure a first appearance in almost two years and Mahmood eyeing a potential Test debut.
More bad news on the pace front, with Mark Wood joining Broad, Archer, Woakes and Stone on the treatment table.Saqib Mahmood here at Headingley making his case to step up pic.twitter.com/J4AagZBxeM
— Rory Dollard (@thervd) August 23, 2021
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