Wood 'improving' But Thinking Of Life After Cricket

Wood has been plagued by injuries during his profession - including aggregate knee and elbow operations - which person robbed England for periods of 1 of their finest onslaught bowlers.

He spent 7 months rehabilitating his knee successful bid to beryllium fresh for nan Ashes and lamented not being capable to play immoderate games for his region earlier heading to Australia for nan series.

"I tried to get backmost astatine definite points but my knee wasn't rather ready," he said.

"It's easy successful hindsight, moreover if I was astatine 80% past astatine slightest nan crippled would person fixed america an parameter of wherever I was."

He was thought to person been adjacent to a return successful nan location summer, but yet did not return nan section until England's only Ashes warm-up crippled against nan Lions astatine Lilac Hill successful November.

He bowled 8 overs but was only cleared to play successful nan first Test pursuing a hamstring scan.

For now, though focused connected his recovery, Wood said he has been reasoning astir life aft cricket: "I've started reasoning astir different things, doing podcasts, doing my coaching badges.

"I've now started to effort and deliberation for nan first clip astir what I should do if this doesn't spell well."

Wood - regarded arsenic 1 of nan fastest bowlers to play for England - has taken 119 wickets successful 38 Tests since making his debut successful 2015.

He was portion of nan 2015 Ashes-winning side, lifted nan 2019 50-over World Cup and won nan T20 World Cup successful 2022.