Mark Wood's Elbow Injury Halts Children's Playtime

England fast bowler Mark Wood has been told to avoid using his right arm due to an elbow injury. Diagnosed with bone stress after a thigh injury, Wood will miss England's test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand. He's aiming for a 2025 return for the white-ball tour of India.

England fast bowler Mark Wood, 34, has been instructed to stop using his right arm, including picking up his children, following an elbow injury. The bowler discovered bone stress in his elbow during a medical check-up after a recent thigh injury ruled him out for the year.

"There is nothing I can really do on my right side," Wood revealed to the BBC's Test Match Special. "I have been told to stop picking my kids up with my right arm. I have to do everything with my left."

Wood, with 119 wickets in 37 tests, will miss England's test tours of Pakistan in October and New Zealand in December. He aims to return to full fitness by early 2025 for England's white-ball tour of India and the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, according to the ECB.

(With inputs from agencies.)