This is poms second rate pace attack, they have quite a few out injured...
Mark Wood: "I'm not too far away now; maybe the last game of the series I can try and aim for. That's at the forefront of my mind."
Archer, however, appears to be the closest to a return, with England national selector Luke Wright suggesting earlier this month he could even feature in the second Test against India at Edgbaston from July 2.
Mark Wood has been out since March with a knee injury; Im not too far away now, maybe the last game of the series I can try and aim for - thats at the forefront of my mind; watch every day of every Test between England and India this summer, live on Sky Sports Cricket
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Bowler Gus Atkinson is a doubt for the first Test against India later this month because of a right hamstring strain - adding to England's injury concerns among their seamers.
The 27-year-old was injured during the one-off Test against Zimbabwe last month and was subsequently ruled out of the ongoing one-day international series against West Indies.
It had been hoped the paceman would be fit for the series opener against India at Headingley on 20 June but it is understood he is struggling to regain fitness.
Bowler Gus Atkinson is a doubt for the first Test against India later this month - adding to England's injury concerns among their seamers.
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