England's Wood out until 2025 with elbow injury

England accelerated bowler Mark Wood has been ruled retired for the remainder of the twelvemonth with a accent fracture successful his close elbow.

The 34-year-old was already missing the last 2 Tests of the bid against Sri Lanka due to the fact that of a thigh occupation erstwhile what helium described arsenic a “routine” cheque connected an aged wounded uncovered the elbow issue.

Wood volition miss the Test tours of Pakistan successful October and New Zealand successful December, with an England connection saying helium is targeting a instrumentality for the Champions Trophy successful February.

Writing connected Instagram, Wood said: "I person been down this way earlier and volition enactment successful each the hard yards down the scenes.

"I americium precise arrogant to correspond my state and determination is nary amended feeling. See you for immoderate rockets successful 2025!"

Wood has established himself arsenic a first-choice subordinate of England's gait onslaught since returning to the squad for the 3rd Ashes Test against Australia this summer.

He has been successful electrifying signifier this summer, astatine 1 constituent touching 97mph successful the second-Test triumph implicit West Indies astatine Trent Bridge.

The Durham antheral limped retired of the first-Test decision of Sri Lanka astatine Old Trafford and was subsequently ruled retired for the remainder of the series.

He antecedently had country connected his close elbow successful 2022.

"Medical scans person confirmed that Wood has a bony accent wounded of the close elbow," said the England statement. "He had noticed expanding stiffness and discomfort successful his elbow during the Test bid against the West Indies earlier successful the summer."

Wood added: "Right, immoderate beauteous rubbish news…

"During what I thought was regular cheque connected a antecedently troublesome elbow, I was shocked to larn I've got immoderate bony accent successful my close elbow. I'm particularly amazed due to the fact that I’ve been playing Test cricket and kept my speeds up.

"I volition miss the remainder of the twelvemonth needing clip to remainder and physique up, afloat expecting to beryllium backmost and firing successful aboriginal 2025."

England person refreshed their Test squad this summertime with an oculus connected the Ashes circuit of 2025-26.

Wood appears cardinal to their prospects of regaining the urn, with his precocious gait a captious limb connected Australian pitches.

The gait onslaught has undergone important upheaval pursuing the retirements of Stuart Broad and James Anderson, portion Ollie Robinson has been discarded.

Josh Tongue, Jamie Overton, Dillon Pennington are each injured, and Brydon Carse is lone conscionable returning from a prohibition for historical gambling offences.

Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts and Olly Stone person been successful the squad for the Sri Lanka series, portion for the last Test England person handed a debut to 20-year-old Leicestershire left-armer Josh Hull.