England tour of Pakistan 2022: Mark Wood out of first Pakistan test. Team England suffered a huge loss ahead of the historic first test between England and Pakistan as their star bowler Mark Wood ruled out of the first test, starting November 30.
The star bowler, who suffered a hip injury during teams’ last Super 12s contest of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 against Sri Lanka is unavailable to play in the first test due to the same injury.
The Test team’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, confirmed Wood won’t be in the starting lineup on Monday, November 28, according to a report by Cricbuzz. The speedster is receiving rehabilitation, and it is anticipated that he will be available for the final two Tests of the three-match series.
As England and Pakistan are playing each other for the first time in 17 years, this series is historically significant for the two teams. In 2005, the teams played in a five-match ODI series as well as a three-match Test series. Inzamam-ul-Haq served as the team’s captain, and the Men in Green won both series.
England tour of Pakistan 2022
The T20I in September this year was the first game’s between England and Pakistan in Pakistan after a long break of 17 years.
That was a nail-biting series, where to predict the winner of the series was next to impossible, the 7-match series was decided in the 7th game, where England displayed a pure dominance and won the decider match by 67 runs.
Last year, however, the England squad was ready to visit Pakistan, but they opted not to due to security concerns.
In head to head competition, England outperforms Pakistan in all formats. Pakistan, which lost the most recent ODI series and the T20 World Cup 2022 final, will try to close this gap by winning the test series.
Who will lead England and Pakistan?
As anticipated, Ben Stokes will lead Team England, and Brendon McCullum will remain in charge as the team’s head coach in this new era. Babar Azam will serve as the team’s leader in Pakistan.
The type of players England has and their triumphs over powerful teams like India and South Africa are enough to provide them an advantage over the hosts early in the series, despite the fact that they are currently standing at fourth in the ICC test rankings.
The series will definitely be exciting because both sides have quality players.
Ollie Robinson and swing magician James Anderson are the ideal and dangerous bowlers for England’s team, but they will miss the services of Mark Wood, who caused problems for the hosts’ team during the T20I series in September.
On the other hand, Pakistan will profit from playing at home. They’ll make an effort to take full advantage of this chance.
