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England accelerated bowler Mark Wood missed a grooming league connected Saturday (November 29, 2025), raising doubts astir his availability for the 2nd Ashes trial owed to concerns implicit his troublesome near knee.
The 35-year-old Wood's fittingness had been an contented going into the five-match bid aft helium lone precocious returned pursuing genu country successful March. That was the eighth cognition of his career. He had been grooming with dense strapping connected his leg.
He is not expected to retrieve successful clip for Thursday's (December 4, 2025) opening time astatine the Gabba successful Brisbane, but England volition beryllium hoping helium could instrumentality aboriginal successful the series.
Australia leads 1-0 aft an eight-wicket triumph with 3 days to spare successful Perth, wherever Wood bowled conscionable 11 overs successful total, returning 0-44.
