Mark Wood steps into the England squad for the second Test after Jimmy Anderson's emotional farewell to his international career at Lord's

Mark Wood has taken the retired Jimmy Anderson’s place in the England squad for next week’s second Rothesay Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge.

Durham fast bowler Wood, 34, was not considered for England’s innings and 114-run win at Lord’s days after he returned from Twenty20 World Cup duty.

But he has been asked to join up in Nottingham in the only change in personnel to the 14 that were selected ahead of the three-match series.

Along with Gus Atkinson, who took an incredible 12-wicket haul against the Windies on his debut, and potentially Jofra Archer, Wood is viewed as an essential ingredient to England’s Ashes plans in late 2025.

This time last year, he was celebrating a man of the match award after taking seven wickets in England’s win over Australia at Headingley.

Anderson will remain in the dressing-room for the rest of the summer after he marked his final Test, an innings victory over West Indies at Lord’s, with four more wickets to finish with a total of 704 - behind only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. 

Ben Stokes wants Jimmy Anderson to travel to Australia next year as England seek to turn their greatest seamer into their new fast-bowling coach.

Asked whether Anderson might turn his mentoring role into a more formal position by the time England attempt to regain the Ashes in late 2025, Stokes replied: ‘Yeah, definitely. That’s why we’re asking him to stay around.

‘If he’s got the desire to help bowlers progress like he did with his own career, honestly I can’t think of a better person to able to influence all the fast bowlers. I’m really excited to see how that goes.’

Anderson said: ‘I’m definitely not going to tell someone how to bowl. I’ll be a sounding board - I’ll be there if they need me.

England squad for second Test:

Ben Stokes (Durham, capt)

Gus Atkinson (Surrey)

Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)

Harry Brook (Yorkshire)

Zak Crawley (Kent)

Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)

Dan Lawrence (Surrey)

Dillon Pennington (Nottinghamshire)

Ollie Pope (Surrey)

Matthew Potts (Durham)

Joe Root (Yorkshire)

Jamie Smith (Surrey, wkt)

Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

Mark Wood (Durham)