Mark Wood has 11 wickets in four matches. (pic credit: sportzpix)
Mark Wood will miss the final leg of the IPL to attend the birth of his child next month.
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mark Wood is expected to miss the final stages of the Indian Premier League. Wood has already missed the last two matches of the IPL due to illness, however, he will miss the later stages of the tournament to attend to the birth of his child next month.
Wood has been in excellent form with the ball in the current IPL season, taking 11 wickets at an economy of 8.12. He missed the last season of IPL due to injury, but made his LSG debut this season with a five-wicket haul.
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“Wood and his wife Sarah are expecting their second child at the end of May, and Wood will fly home sometime in the coming weeks,” said a report in ESPN Cricinfo.
The IPL qualifiers will be played on May 23 and 26 and the final set will be played on May 28.
England are scheduled to play a one-off Test against Ireland at Lord’s on June 1, four days after the IPL final.
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Test captain Ben Stokes had earlier said that he would miss even the final stages of the IPL to prepare for the match.
“…the ECB does not intend to pull players out of the tournament against their will, as they have previously indicated to the BCCI and franchises that they will be available for the entire season.”
Lucknow are currently third in the points table with four wins from seven matches. In the last few matches, Naveen-ul-Haq replaced Wood in the playing XI after the England pacer was ruled out due to illness.
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LSG lost their last match against Gujarat Titans as they failed to chase down a modest target of 136. Captain KL Rahul came under the scanner for his slow innings as he scored 68 off 61 balls.
“I don’t know how it happened but it happened. I can’t say where it went wrong but we dropped two points today, that’s cricket. I thought we were brilliant with the ball, 135 means 10 runs under par. The bowling was exceptional, we started well with the bat, but these things happen, we have to take it on the chin,” Rahul said after the defeat.
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