England aren't overly involved in regards to the health of two key bowlers forward of the World Cup, regardless of Adil Rashid and Mark Wood making a single look between them of their first three ODIs in opposition to New Zealand.

With the opening recreation of the World Cup - coincidentally, in opposition to the identical opponents - three weeks away, England are taking a precautionary method with each gamers within the information that they're the 2 hardest bowlers to switch of their provisional 15-man squad.

Asked if Wood wanted to play on Friday to get some match follow earlier than the World Cup, Woakes stated: "A player with Mark's experience can go straight in. He's not the sort of guy who needs a load of game-time.

"Myself, I like video games underneath my belt to construct up confidence and rise up to hurry. Actually, Mark is without doubt one of the guys I'm very envious of, as a result of he can steam in and bowl at 93mph (150kph) as we noticed within the Ashes. I do not assume it is an excessive amount of of a fear if he does not play on this sequence however hopefully he performs the final one [at Lord's on Friday]."

Woakes himself took 3 for 31 in a single eight-over spell to end Wednesday's third ODI at The Oval as a contest, and said he was getting used to the rhythms of 50-over cricket again. "It was good to bowl an eight-over spell and choose up some necessary wickets," he said.

Woakes was one of eight ever-presents in England's 2019 World Cup triumph, and said he hopes to be able to feature in all nine of their group-stage games in India over the next two months. "You wish to preserve placing in performances like that to maintain getting the nod, selection-wise," he stated.

"From a health perspective, these bilateral sequence are fairly tight and there is quite a lot of travelling. Although there's quite a lot of journey on the World Cup, it appears to be like like there's extra space between video games so it does offer you a bit extra of a routine to get better and are available again stronger and be match for the following recreation."