Mark Wood and Steven Finn will both miss England's Test tour of South Africa through injury, but Ben Stokes is fit again in time to be named in the squad. All-rounder Stokes is understood to have recovered sufficiently from the collar-bone joint injury he suffered fielding in this month's final Test of England's 2-0 series defeat against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Fellow pace bowlers Finn and Wood are still not thought ready, though, to be included in a likely 17-man squad which will be announced on Thursday morning. A bone-stress problem in Finn's left foot ruled him out on the eve of the first Test against Pakistan, and he flew home on crutches six weeks ago. Wood then had to...
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