England’s Mark Wood ready to unleash another high-speed assault on Australia

HEADINGLY HEROICS: Mark Wood made a match-winning return for England at Headingley. Pic: Danny Lawson/PA

England quick Mark Wood is eager to hit Australia with more “thunderbolts” in Manchester next week and aims to prove “lightning strikes twice” after his Headingley heroics.

Wood marked his return to Ashes cricket with a stirring player-of-the-match showing in Leeds, taking match figures of seven for 100 and hitting 40 vital runs from just 16 deliveries.