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Wood faces nervous wait as Stokes shines in warm-up match
Gulf Today
|November 14, 2025
Fast bowler Mark Wood left the field on Thursday complaining of hamstring stiffness after bowling eight overs for an England XI against a second-string England Lions side during an Ashes warm-up game north of Perth.
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The visitors will await the results of scans before determining if the 35-year-old Wood plays any further part in the tour match, their only official hit-out before the first test against Australia at Perth Stadium starts on November 21.
"That's part of being an extremely fast bowler. I haven't seen him yet and I haven't spoken to him so I don't know his current situation, we'll see what happens tomorrow,” England vice-captain Harry Brook told reporters. In another blow to England's test preparations, 30-year-old pace bowler Brydon Carse did not make it to the ground, remaining at the team hotel due to illness.
This story is from the November 14, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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