21 h. ago Ben Stokes told he has perfect replacement ready as England suffer Ashes injury scare

Ben Stokes and England head to Perth for the first Ashes Test next week with fitness concerns surrounding Mark Wood, who suffered a hamstring scare early in the three-day warm-up match against the England Lions.

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28 h. ago England suffer injury scare to key fast bowler during Ashes warm

Quick bowled eight overs on his return to the side before leaving the field

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32 h. ago Mark Wood a doubt for Ashes opener after injuring hamstring during warm

Wood bowled eight overs against England Lions but now faces a scan on his hamstring

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32 h. ago Ashes injury scare for England with Mark Wood in hospital for scan on hamstring

Tourists endure chilling start in only warm-up matchFellow quick Carse missed game with stomach issuesEngland endured the most chilling of starts to their Ashes warm-up with a potential injury to Mark Wood meaning the key fast-bowler will start the second day of their solitary pre-series fixture in hospital rather than on the pitch.Wood reported “stiffness in his hamstring” at the end of his second four-over spell against the Lions at Lilac Hill and will have a precautionary scan on Friday morning to assess the extent of any damage. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago BREAKING: England suffer Ashes injury scare with bowler set for scan before opening test

England have already suffered an injury scare in the warm-up match against the Lions ahead of the Ashes getting underway later this month, with a key bowler to undergo a scan

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54 h. ago Australia star ruled out of first Ashes Test but Josh Hazlewood cleared to play after injury scare

The uncapped Brendan Doggett would be next in line should further reinforcements be required

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57 h. ago Australia’s pace attack hit by double injury scare ahead of Ashes opener

The uncapped Brendan Doggett would be next in line should further reinforcements be required

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1 week ago Mark Wood reveals key change in England team from previous disastrous Ashes tour

The fast bowler is set to return to action as England bid to win in Australia for the first time in 15 years

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1 week ago Mark Wood: ‘We’re going to the Ashes with an Australia blueprint to put their batters under pressure’

Fast bowler says England have confidence and belief as he prepares for what could be his final series against the old foe“My dad would be Australia and I’d be England,” Mark Wood says with a wry smile when remembering his first Ashes Tests as a boy in his back garden in Ashington, Northumberland. “I’d try to copy Darren Gough, Andrew Caddick, Matthew Hoggard and, later, Jimmy Anderson, who I’d go on and play with. My dad, who didn’t do the actions so well, had to be Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Shane Warne. He was most proud of his Gillespie but his Warne wasn’t great.”Wood snorts at the idea that his dad, Derek, might have let him win most of those matches. “No, no, no. It was proper cricket. You had to give each other lbw and every time I hit my dad in the leg he’d be going: ‘No, that’s going over’ or ‘That’s down the leg side.’ I was like: ‘Dad, that was plumb.’ I had to get my DRS right.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jofra Archer to miss England’s first ODI in New Zealand with Ashes in mind

The 30-year-old is set to arrive into New Zealand on Saturday morning alongside fellow express quicks Mark Wood and Josh Tongue.

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3 w. ago Chris Woakes: England must keep Mark Wood and Jofra Archer fit to win Ashes

The former England all-rounder cited fitness as a key factor in which side will come out on top.

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