England were completely outplayed in the Ashes in Australia last year. They lost the series 4-1, which saw some backlash and criticism for the cricketers. Mark Wood only played the first game and was ruled out due to the injury he was nursing ahead of the series. The Three Lions post that have not won a series; they drew against India and lost to New Zealand at home.
"I look back on it shamefully. We should have won that first game. The whole tour was different if we won in Perth. Australia were there for the taking. Then the game just seemed to be in fast-forward, which is why I feel shame, because the game was finished."
"We're finished": Mark Wood explains on first Test
"At one point, Gus Atkinson was bowling; we were just bowling bouncers at Head, and he was smacking them, and I remember looking at the score and thinking, 'this game is finished.'
Apart from criticizing the team, Wood also believed that he was not fully fit to play the first Test match, as he was suffering elbow, knee, and hamstring issues. He stated that his knee was not right to play and also his hamstring was giving him some problems, as he was focusing more on the knee problem, which is why the hamstring got stiff.
"Coming to Perth, my knee probably wasn't right, and then my hamstring – I've never had a hamstring problem in my whole career. I think the hamstring was over-compensating for my knee, protecting my knee, and that's why it got tight. I remember bowling in the nets in Perth, almost convincing myself I'm ready to go, then at the back of my mind thinking, 'I'm nowhere near'," he said.
"We had reporters running after us": Mark Wood on English media following them
"People can say what they want about when Australia comes here, but if they get followed as we got followed in Australia, I would be amazed. Me and Ben Stokes went for a walk, and this guy fell out of the bush with his camera. We had reporters running after us, asking us questions.
"A lot of the time we were doing interviews, saying outlandish things that probably didn't help the cause. It just felt like a huge pressure cooker, more so than normal. The scrutiny and pressure the team was under, even in the dressing room – from a team that is usually quite relaxed, there were more heated discussions than I remembered in that team. This shouldn't be an excuse. The main problem is we didn't play well."
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