Mark Wood hoping to channel Mitchell Johnson and lay down pre-Ashes marker in white-ball matches

England and Australia renew their rivalry this month in three T20s and a trio of ODIs and the Durham seamer is hoping to rough-up some of his opponents ahead of next winter

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Fourteen months might separate England and Australia from their next Ashes duel, but Mark Wood believes he can land some early psychological blows during the upcoming white-ball matches between the rivals.

Starting on Friday, the two teams meet in a trio of T20 internationals and three ODIs in what could be their final meetings before the urn is back on the line during the 2021-22 winter.

Having spent much of the summer watching from the sidelines, Wood is recharged and ready to throw everything at Australia with a view to travelling Down Under next year. Mitchell Johnson roughed-up England in an ODI series in 2013 before dominating the subsequent Ashes series at home and the Durham quick wants to make a similar impact.

"Everyone talks about how rapid he was bowling in that one-day series and you carry that over to the Test matches," he said.

"It is a very different format and game but there will always be talk about the Broad-Warner situation where he had the wood over him.

"If you can start bowling well with a couple of players here I am sure they'll be thinking about that whatever the format."

^{Mitchell Johnson gave England a going over in 2013 - and repeated the trick in the Ashes}

David Warner, Steve Smith, and Marnus Labuschagne will be among those in Wood's sights over the next few weeks, with half an eye on that Ashes series next year.

The 30-year-old comes into the tour relatively refreshed having made just one international outing at the start of the summer against West Indies. T20 Blast appearances for Durham have followed but otherwise, it has been a frustrating period inside the bio-secure bubble.

"It's frustrating when you don't play," he admitted. "Going in I'd hoped to have played more after the winter but it wasn't to be. The lads that did play did well, and it was hard to force myself in. 

"I just tried to be as good a team man as I could be, not moaning and groaning and give as much energy back to the team as I could from the sidelines.

"I asked the question after the last game on what I needed to improve on and what I needed to get better at to get in the team. They were happy with my training ethic it was just a 50-50 call and they went the other way without me. 

^{Mark Wood has had a watching brief for much of this summer}

"Although I thought I bowled ok in the first game my luck could have been slightly different. If you get more wickets you might keep your spot. I was man-of-the-match for England in Johannesburg (v South Africa). I still feel I've got a part to play going into the winter.

"It is entirely different being in the bubble. There isn't much to do apart from getting up, going across the field, you go to the pavilion, you do your 12th man duties then you go back to bed. It can but frustrating and hard mentally but we knew that was going to be the case coming in.

"You never want to be the easy drop. That isn't my style to shout and scream. I've got a great relationship with Chris Silverwood from the bowling coach days and asked him honestly what I needed to do to get in the team. 

"Sometimes you don't always get the answer you're looking for but he was happy it was just that I didn't get selected. When you know you're not in the team you're always disappointed but from my point of view you're very lucky to be in the squad."

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