{"id":151384,"date":"2024-02-14T13:37:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/wood-replaces-bashir-for-england-ahead-of-third-test\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:37:58","slug":"wood-replaces-bashir-for-england-ahead-of-third-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/wood-replaces-bashir-for-england-ahead-of-third-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood replaces Bashir for England ahead of Third Test \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>England have recalled Mark Wood to their bowling attack ahead of their Third Test with India, which begins in Rajkot tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Durham quick Wood replaces off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in the tourists\u2019 solitary change, meaning they will field two seamers for the first time in the five-match series.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Stokes\u2019 men will be looking to bounce back after India levelled the series at 1-1 with a comfortable 106-run victory in Visakhapatnam earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>And the England skipper admits surprising conditions prompted a change of thinking in the make-up of his side\u2019s bowling unit.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes said: \u201cI know it was a very long time ago when we played here but it looks a good wicket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday it actually looked quite English. It\u2019s a little bit different today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/d52e0301-f443-4a94-a5d5-1668ae2a9f1b.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Stokes' England are aiming to take a 2-1 series lead against India in Rajkot\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Stokes\u2019 England are aiming to take a 2-1 series lead against India in Rajkot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t quite sure what we were going to do with the team but today made us realise that we are definitely going to go with two seamers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just looks a good wicket. It\u2019s a bit platey. Over the five days, those plates might become a little bit uneven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere might be some reverse swing which brings Woody into the game \u2014 and Jimmy [Anderson] as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, concerns over Rehan Ahmed\u2019s participation have been quashed after the 19-year-old spinner\u2019s visa issues were resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed encountered problems when returning to India following England\u2019s mid-series break in the United Arab Emirates due to only holding single-entry documentation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have since issued him with a multiple-entry visa and Stokes praised the youngster\u2019s calm attitude during the upheaval.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b4bee321-7790-49b0-8699-bdaec8d79d74.jpg\" alt=\"Rehan Ahmed will earn his fourth Test cap for England\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rehan Ahmed will earn his fourth Test cap for England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s always an anxious period but thankfully we\u2019ve got it through this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about youth is they just take everything in their stride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he handled a situation that could have affected quite a lot of people in a different way very well for such a young kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stokes, who will earn his 100th England Test cap, remains convinced his troops can become the first visiting side to beat India on their own turf since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe focus is on this game and then everything after that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we play to anywhere near our capability, we\u2019ll give ourselves a good chance of winning and the results will look after themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"707\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-885.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823732\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England have recalled Mark Wood to their bowling attack ahead of their Third Test with India, which begins in Rajkot tomorrow. Durham quick Wood replaces off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in the tourists\u2019 solitary change, meaning they will field two seamers for the first time in the five-match series. Ben Stokes\u2019 men will be looking to bounce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wood replaces Bashir for England ahead of Third Test \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/wood-replaces-bashir-for-england-ahead-of-third-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wood replaces Bashir for England ahead of Third Test \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"England have recalled Mark Wood to their bowling attack ahead of their Third Test with India, which begins in Rajkot tomorrow. 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