Recent scans followed by a surgery have revealed ligament damage in his left knee, ruling him out of action for an extended period.

Wood, 34, discovered that he had bone stress in his elbow during a medical check-up after he had injured his right thigh during last month's first test against Sri Lanka that ruled him out for the year.

Australia's Mitchell Starc holds the current record for the fastest recorded delivery in a Test, at 99.6mph against New Zealand in 2015.

England have named an unchanged side for the third Test at Edgbaston as they target a series clean sweep of the West Indies.

England called up Mark Wood on Tuesday to replace the retired James Anderson for this week's second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge

"We played together at the 2019 World Cup and things went pretty well," said Wood.

Fast bowler Mark Wood has replaced Ollie Robinson as England's only change in their team for the fifth and final Test against India in Dharamsala starting Thursday.

England on Wednesday brought fast bowler Mark Wood into their playing XI for the third Test against India, opting to go with two seamers for the first time in the series.

Joseph will join LSG for INR 3 crores. The speedster was recently at the forefront during West Indies’ historic Test win at the Gabba.  This will be Joseph's first stint in the IPL.

Australia were 113-4 in their second innings at stumps on the third day, still 162 runs behind England's huge first-innings 592

James Anderson returns on his Old Trafford home ground to lead an ageing England attack in a must-win fourth Ashes Test.

Wood was named player-of-the-match in Leeds after a fine all-round display where the Durham express quick returned match figures of 7-100

Both Anderson and fellow paceman Josh Tongue have been "rested", according to an England statement issued Wednesday, with their places taken by express quick Mark Wood and seam-bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes

England have favoured Stuart Broad's experience over Mark Wood's raw pace for the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston as they named their team on Wednesday.

There was a bit of laughter and light moments during Mark Wood’s press conference today. The Chattogram track looks hard but Wood provided some comic relief with the way he answered how much help fast bowlers will have on this wicket. The pacer also divulged on his England teammates views on Taskin Ahmed.

England pace spearhead Mark Wood said he is unsure if he will recover from a hip injury in time to play in Sunday's Twenty20 World Cup final against Pakistan but could throw his name into the hat if skipper Jos Buttler desperately needs him.

England's Mark Wood said an attack on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was worrying ahead of a three-test series in the Asian country, but added that he trusted the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to assess any security concerns.

England call up fit-again Mark Wood for the forthcoming Champions Trophy campaign, but his fellow pace bowler Steven Finn is left out of the 15-man squad.

Moeen Ali impressed with the ball as England drew their opening tour game against Pakistan A in Sharjah.