Mark Wood ruled out of England's Tour of India with ankle injury

Right arm fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the tour of India after he suffered a fractured a bone in his ankle during a County Championship match against Surrey last month. The injury requires him to undergo his third ankle operation within a year. The 26-year-old Durham paceman had already missed the Bangladesh tour due to this injury problem.

He is also set to miss the five Tests against India, the first of which begins on 9 November, and the one-day series that follows in the next year. England’s national physiotherapy team lead Ben Langley said the new injury is unrelated to the problems that required two operations last winter.

“Woody showed his commitment to Durham with the way he bowled 35 overs in that Surrey game, and we know now that he also showed a hell of a lot of courage and resilience,” Langley said.

“His foot and ankle swelled up hugely during the game, which was obviously worrying, and then we were perplexed when nothing significant showed up on the first scan.

“It was only when we got him in for a second scan that we discovered he’d been playing on despite having fractured a bone.

“So it’s a different injury to what he’s had the previous surgery for, and there’s no reason to think that when he’s had this bone fragment removed, he won’t be able to get back to bowling as well he has for Durham, England Lions and England in the second half of the 2016 summer.”