Mark Wood Joins England Squad for 2nd Test Against West Indies

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England has named star pacer Mark Wood in their squad for the second Test against the West Indies, starting Thursday at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Wood steps in for the iconic James Anderson, who played his final Test at Lord’s last Friday. 

England, under the captaincy of Stokes, secured a victory in the opening Test match by an innings and 114 runs. Right-arm pacer Gus Atkinson was awarded Player of the Match for his outstanding figures of 12/106. Atkinson took seven wickets in the first innings itself. 

He later picked five more in the second against the West Indies. While announcing the squad, England men’s managing director Rob Key suggested they would look to have Mark Wood available for the remaining two matches of the series.

“Once you come out of T20 cricket, then you’re going into Test cricket very quickly… there’s a period there where you can’t just throw someone into a Test match,” England men’s managing director, Rob Key, said when the squad was announced.

“Rest is probably not the right term but we’ll look to make him available for selection for the second and third Tests, hopefully,” Rob Key added. 

England Squad for 2nd Test vs West Indies: 

Ben Stokes (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Dillon Pennington, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

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