England quick bowler Mark Wooden says he’s “quietly assured” of being match for the primary Check of the Ashes collection in Australia.
Wooden has not performed since a Champions Trophy defeat by Afghanistan in February and had an operation on a left knee harm in March.
The Champions Trophy and tour of India that preceded it was the 35-year-old’s return from an elbow harm that had stored him out of motion since August 2024.
“It was a irritating summer time,” Wooden informed the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast., exterior “I did not get to play any cricket and my knee, at instances if you assume that you just’re nearly able to play, it was not simply fairly there.
“I bought knocked again a few instances, however within the tent [training camp] it has been going nicely. I’ve had the velocity gun out and the tempo is getting up there.”
The primary match of the Ashes begins on 21 November in Perth, with England aiming to win their first Check collection in Australia since 2010-2011.
“Hopefully, I am in kind, bowling nicely within the observe video games and within the nets, and might put my hand up for that sport [Ashes opener],” added Wooden, whose final Check outing was in opposition to Sri Lanka 14 months in the past.
“The rehab hasn’t simply been a straight curve, it has been a bit up and down, however I am in a great place now the place i am hoping to kick on for that sport.
“I by no means wish to give a solution the place I say, ‘Sure, I am pumped, I am prepared’. I am in a assured place on the minute and feeling much more constructive, so I am quietly assured.”
