England are set to enter their second Take a look at redemption mission with out a essential piece of their assault with Mark Wooden dominated out because of soreness within the knee which saved him out of motion for many of this 12 months.
Wooden was a notable absentee from their coaching session on Saturday and after going wicketless within the opening Take a look at at Optus Stadium, he’ll miss the day-night Brisbane conflict which will get underway on Thursday.
England are optimistic that he won’t be dominated out for the remainder of the sequence with the 35-year-old seen as a key a part of their hopes of regaining the Ashes because of his capability to bowl at greater than 150km/h.
Wooden underwent surgical procedure on his left knee earlier this 12 months.
He had been beneath a health cloud going into the sequence opener after limping off in the course of the follow match at Lilac Hill with a hamstring downside though scans cleared him of any harm.
Wooden solely bowled 11 overs within the Take a look at in what was his first look for England in additional than a 12 months.
Josh Tongue is ready to get a recall for Brisbane to hitch Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse to type one other four-pronged tempo assault with Ben Stokes including additional seam bowling because the all-rounder.
Tongue bowled 16 overs for the England Lions in opposition to the PM’s XI in Canberra on Saturady, ending with 0-48.
England’s seemingly XI
Ben Stokes (c)
Zak Crawley
Ben Duckett
Ollie Pope
Joe Root
Harry Brook
Jamie Smith (wk)
Gus Atkinson
Brydon Carse
Jofra Archer
Josh Tongue
