Christopher Philip Wood (born 27 June 1990) is an English first-class cricketer.
He currently plays for Hampshire. Wood is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace.
Wood has represented the England U-19 cricket team, playing two Youth Test matches, nine Youth One Day Internationals, and a single Youth Twenty20 International.
Wood made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in the 2010 English cricket season. During the match, Wood took his maiden five wicket haul with figures of 5/54. He made his List-A debut against Warwickshire on 14 May in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40.
Wood scored his second first-class fifty against Worcestershire at New Road on 12/09/13. He shared an 81 run seventh wicket partnership with youngster Sean Terry. He has taken the most wickets in T20 matches by a player who has only played T20 cricket for one team.
As a youngster Wood was a talented sportsman, playing as a striker for the Manor Colts football team in Alton, Hampshire.
Wood attended Amery Hill School and Alton College. Wood has spoken about his addiction to gambling.[1]
He is married to Lucy, the daughter of Rod Bransgrove. Early in 2020, Lucy gave birth to Isabella.[2]
In April 2022, he was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[3]
References
- ^ "Gambling took up almost every hour of my day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Gibson, Richard (July 2020). "County Diary". The Cricketer. 100: 72–3.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links
- Chris Wood at ESPNcricinfo
- Chris Wood at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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