Mark Wood to Miss Most of the Season
Despite hopes that bowler
Mark Wood would return to his previous form following ankle surgery last
November, the 26 year old is reported to now miss out on the greater part of
this season following yet more surgery.
Back in the summer of 2015,
although the injury was known, it didn’t appear to be in a state that warranted
an operation. Wood himself even commented on the fact that, while the heavy
impact of the sport didn’t help the issue, no fast bowler was ever playing at
100 percent and that medication had been helping. Unfortunately though, by the
time November began, it was evident that the repetitive injury was becoming too
big a problem to ignore, and that a specialist was needed to determine what was going on.
Although a blow for the
England team, surgery and rehabilitation seemed the best way to ensure that
Wood would return ready for next season, however that hasn’t been the case.
Even though he initially responded well to treatment after the surgery, pain
soon returned and created all sorts of pre-season problems, which in turn led
to Wood visiting another specialist, this time in the Netherlands. Upon his
arrival it soon became clear that a second procedure was needed to remove a
piece of floating bone that was irritating the joint.
The unexpected news has not
only set the player back further, but has also called into question the treatment he initially received. While it was understood at the
time that two operations one after the other wouldn’t be possible, the
prolonged gap between the two has resulted in even more time out of playing, a
factor that heavily impacts on both Wood’s morale and the team’s.
With so much uncertain, especially that of his
expected recovery period which hasn’t been revealed by the club, news is
affecting all the tips currently circulating big name bookmakers. Betway’sodds are constantly getting updated
as to how England will fare in the Sri Lanka Tour, starting May, and also
whether Wood will be able to return in time for the beginning of the Pakistan
Tour in July. The England team have been on good form lately, even despite the
continued loss of Mark Wood, so it may be possible that the club will succeed
perfectly fine without him. Nonetheless, with the bowler eager to get back to
playing, the back-to-bowling regimes he must endure prior to his return to
competitive matches can’t come soon enough.
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