After captain Jos Buttler was ruled out of the T20I series against Australia, now another bad news has come for the England team. England fast bowler Mark Wood is out for a long time. Mark Wood is out for about 4 months due to an injury in the right elbow. That is, he will not be able to play this whole year. England has to tour Pakistan and New Zealand this year for the Test series. In such a situation, Mark Wood will not be able to go on these tours, which is a big setback for his team. Earlier, England team captain Jos Buttler had to be ruled out of the T20I series against Australia due to injury.

Wood was ruled out of the series as a precautionary measure after suffering a right thigh strain while bowling during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford. However, he later underwent a routine elbow scan after feeling discomfort in his elbow joint and then admitted in an Instagram post that he had received very bad news.

will be back next year

Wood wrote on Instagram that during a routine check-up on an already troublesome elbow, he was shocked to discover that there was some problem with the bone in his right elbow. As a result, he will miss England's final six Tests of the year, three of which will be against Pakistan in October and New Zealand in December. Wood will continue to work closely with the ECB medical team over the next four months and will aim to return to full fitness by early 2025. So that he can be in time for England's white-ball tour of India and the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan. The Champions Trophy will be played in Pakistan in February 2025.

Wood is one of the fastest bowlers

England's Mark Wood is counted among the fastest bowlers in the world. In July this year, he bowled at a speed of 97.1 mph during the Trent Bridge Test against West Indies. After this, his captain Ben Stokes predicted that he would surpass the speed of 100 mph before the end of his career.

It is worth noting that in the absence of Mark Wood, Ollie Stone was recalled for the Lord's Test last week, which was his first Test match after back surgery three years ago. At the same time, left-arm fast bowler of the year Josh Hull made his debut in the ongoing third Test at the Oval.