England’s recovery from their opening-game loss is ‘not just about the Messiah Stokesy’, according to Mark Wood
Mark Wood has rejected Eoin Morgan’s assertion that Ben Stokes’ return will be key to England’s chances of recovering from their
to New Zealand in their opening game, which Stokes sat out with a hip injury. But Wood, who said he was “a bit battered mentally from watching the ball going over my head a lot of times”, insisted recovery would be down to the entire group of players rather than one individual.“Obviously we want Stokesy back – he’s a huge player – but he’s not Superman,” Wood said. “I don’t want to put too much pressure on him. Other people have to stand up as well.
Wood said defeat had only added to the side’s motivation as they attempt to retain a title that only Australia – who won the trophy three times in succession between 1999 and 2007 – have defended since West Indies won the first two editions in the 1970s. “It’ll be to prove that we want to keep this trophy. It’ll be to prove people wrong – and there’ll be question marks now,” Wood said. “But as a group we believe in each other, and it’s another chance for us to show how good a side we are.
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