Wooden skilled discomfort after bowling his second ball of his eleventh over, earlier than aborting his run-up for the third. He instantly left the sphere and was changed within the assault by Joe Root, who took the wicket of Milan Rathnayake with the fourth supply – Root’s second – of the 56th over.
An ECB assertion on Saturday morning earlier than the beginning of day 4 mentioned that Wooden wouldn’t take the sphere. Round half an hour into play, he left Emirates Previous Trafford for a scan to find out the total extent of the injury. England are hopeful the difficulty is a pressure relatively than a tear.
It appears sure Wooden will miss the upcoming Check match at Lord’s, which begins this Thursday, whatever the outcomes of the scan. And given the 34-year-old’s distinctive standing because the quickest bowler on the planet, England could also be reluctant to threat Wooden for the ultimate Check on the Kia Oval, which will get underway on September 6.
The lack of Wooden was obvious as stand-in captain Ollie Pope oversaw a wicket-less begin to day 4. Sri Lanka batted previous drinks, and thru to a rain interruption shortly earlier than lunch with out shedding a wicket, as Kamindu Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal, who introduced up his half-century, prolonged the result in 153.
