WOOD'S BACK IN FOR TOUR FINALE

SEAMER PARTNERS ANDERSON IN PACE ATTACK AS ENGLAND SKIPPER STOKES PROMISES FIGHT TO FINISH

- Malik Ouzia

ENGLAND this morning recalled Mark Wood as they seek to end the long tour of India on a high, with skipper Ben Stokes insisting: “We won’t think about the flight home until we’re on it.”

A trip that began with a training camp in the UAE in mid-January draws to a climax with the Fifth Test in Dharamshala from tomorrow, bringing the curtain down on a winter that also included a wearying World Cup defence in India at the back end of last year.

India’s five-wicket victory in Ranchi last month means the Test series is already settled, but a 3-1 scoreline does not tell the full story of England’s competitive show — and Stokes is determined that his side will not treat this week’s contest as a dead-rubber.