England have added Mark Wood to their squad for the second Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge on Thursday, the 34-year-old Durham fast bowler filling the place vacated by the retired Jimmy Anderson. The call-up pits Wood into a three-way battle for a single vacant seamer spot, alongside his county teammate Matt Potts and Nottinghamshire’s uncapped 25-year-old, Dillon Pennington.
That is assuming Gus Atkinson keeps his place after taking 12 wickets on debut in the opening Test and that England continue to pick a spinner. Shoaib Bashir was in the side at Lord’s, though such was the success of the seam attack he did not bowl a ball, and in England’s only innings was yet to score having faced 17 balls when he was run out by Mikyle Louis.
