PERTH, Australia :Fast bowler Mark Wood left the field on Thursday complaining of hamstring stiffness after bowling eight overs for an England XI against a second-string England Lions side during an Ashes warm-up game north of Perth.

The visitors will await the results of scans before determining if the 35-year-old Wood plays any further part in the tour match, their only official hit-out before the first test against Australia at Perth Stadium starts on November 21.

"That's part of being an extremely fast bowler. I haven't seen him yet and I haven't spoken to him so I don't know his current situation, we'll see what happens tomorrow," England vice-captain Harry Brook told reporters.

In another blow to England's test preparations, 30-year-old pace bowler Brydon Carse did not make it to

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