• Pace man returns to payroll after England scale back to white-ball contract
• Parachute payment from ECB will ease concerns for embattled DurhamMark Wood has been downgraded from a full England central contract to a white ball-only deal. But while this means the lickety-split bowler will now return to the payroll at Durham,the county are phlegmatic approximately the impact it will have on their tight finances.
Wood, 27, or returned from a third ankle operation at the start of the 2017 season and went on to have a significant impact for England’s one-day team during the first half of the summer. He bowled with pace and claimed a raft of tall-profile scalps that included Hashim Amla,Kane Williamson, David Warner and Steve Smith en route to the Champions Trophy semi-finals.
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Source: guardian.co.uk