Mark Wood down and out for rest of year because of elbow injury

Pacer Mark Wood will miss England's tours of Pakistan and New Zealand as he has been precluded until the end of the year because of a bone-stress injury to his right elbow. As per a England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) release, the 34-year old "had seen expanding solidness and distress in his elbow" during the two-match Test series against the West Indies. He likewise played in the main Test against Sri Lanka in which he experienced a right thigh injury. The ECB expressed that Wood is recuperating great from the thigh injury which had at first governed him out of the remainder of the late spring. In an Instagram post, Wood uncovered that he had gone for his thought process was a standard elbow check when the degree of the injury became visible. "During my thought process was standard mind a formerly problematic elbow, I was stunned to learn I have some bone pressure in my right elbow," Wood said in his post. "After the minor crotch injury at Emirates Old Trafford, me and the clinical group felt it was a great chance to get my elbow taken a gander at as it was a piece bothered. I'd put that down to the typical niggles each quick bowler gets and which I was playing through. "I'm particularly astonished on the grounds that I've been playing Test cricket and kept my rates up," he said. "I really buckle down on my wellness, investing additional energy with mentors and physios making this significantly seriously disheartening. Notwithstanding, I surmise this is, 'essential for being a quick bowler', like Stokesy says." Wood said he is certain of being back in real life ahead of schedule one year from now. "I will miss the remainder of the year requiring time to rest and develop, completely hoping to be back and terminating in mid 2025. I have been down this way previously and will place in every one of the hard yards in the background. I'm exceptionally glad to address my nation and there could be no greater inclination." Olly Stone highlighted for Britain in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Ruler's in Wood's nonappearance while Josh Structure, the 20-year old left-arm seamer, made his presentation in The Oval Test. Britain will visit Pakistan in October for three Tests and will go to New Zealand in December for three additional Tests.