Woakes and Wood fit to join Stokes in England's T20 World Cup squad
Chris Woakes and Mark Wood have been passed fit to make England's squad for the T20 World Cup, which includes Test captain Ben Stokes.
Woakes had previously been a doubt for the October-November tournament due to knee surgery, while Wood required an operation on his elbow.
But both men have made Jos Buttler's 15-man group for the World Cup and the prior three-match tour of Australia.
Woakes and Wood were also included in a larger travelling party for the September tour of Pakistan, which was also confirmed on Friday.
Chris Jordan and Liam Livingstone, who have respective finger and ankle injuries, will skip that series as they have been granted more time to recuperate, but both are still on course to feature at the World Cup.
twitter:1565625325815341057Stokes ? still engaged in a Test series against South Africa ? also will not face Pakistan but will make the World Cup, returning to Twenty20 International cricket for the first time since March 2021.
Since then, Stokes has taken a break from cricket to look after his mental health, returned as Test skipper and retired from ODIs to help manage his workload.
The plan was always for Stokes to still feature at this year's T20 World Cup, and he is indeed involved.
Limited-overs captain Buttler is another whose fitness will be assessed carefully, however, with a calf problem meaning Moeen Ali will deputise as skipper for the start of the Pakistan series.
The squad for that tour includes five new faces in Jordan Cox, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Olly Stone and Luke Wood.
England squad for T20 World Cup and Australia series:
Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Travelling reserves:
Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Richard Gleeson (Lancashire), Tymal Mills (Sussex).
England squad for Pakistan series:
Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Jordan Cox (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Richard Gleeson (Lancashire), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Will Jacks (Surrey), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wood (Lancashire), Mark Wood (Durham).
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