THREE UP: Mark Wood (England). “England would be stupid to not play Jofra in PE if he’s fit!” Kevin Pietersen wrote on Twitter ahead of the last Test. “I’d rather face Wood, all day long.”
As it turned out, Jofra Archer wasn’t fit anyway. But Wood? Twelve wickets at 13.58 over the course of the next two matches to bowl England to an emphatic series win suggested he was a decent enough option, too. Reuters

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