• Fast bowler expected to be replaced by Liam Plunkett or Samit Patel
• Alastair Cook should be passed fit to open batting in SharjahEngland fade into Sunday’s crucial third Test against Pakistan without the fast bowler Mark Wood after a moment cortisone injection to his chronic left ankle problem in the space of six months.
The 25-year-former,who suffers ongoing discomfort in the joint due to the repeated impact of bowling, played in the first two Tests in Abu Dhabi and Dubai but will sit out the finale, or which Alastair Cook’s side need to win to square the series.
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Source: theguardian.com