Mark Wood is an English cricketer who is a right-arm fast bowler. He was born on 11th January 1990 at Ashington in Northumberland. He was a part of the England team that won the ODI World Cup in 2019.

Mark Wood is another example of a true fast bowler who has been forced to reduce his bowling speed with a short run-up due to incessant injuries several times. Wood represented the same club at Ashington where former England fast bowler Steven Harmison used to play. Harmison was 6 fit 4 inches while Wood was 6 fit tall and his run-up was like a sprinter. Having watched his raw pace it was Harmison who inspired him and gave the advice to go to Australia develop his bowling skill and learn the variety of swing balls. Wood was 18 years old at that time.

Wood made his debut in first-class cricket for Durham in 2011. There Wood had an invaluable teacher, former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood whose one of the passionate jobs was to promote the youngsters of Durham. The wood showed the reflection of Collingwood's tutelage by scalping 19 wickets in the first five first-class matches including a match-winning 5 for 78 against Nottinghamshire in 2012. Wood's career had a short break in 2014 due to an ankle injury but he returned to mainstream cricket, called up for the Test series against West Indies in 2015. Wood has played 55 first-class matches and claimed 176 wickets and in the List, 'A' game Wood has 110 wickets from his 87 matches.

Mark Wood made his debut in the One-Day International against Ireland at Dublin in 2015. He earned one wicket only at the cost of 25 runs in 5 overs. However, the fast bowler has claimed 64 wickets from 53 matches including his best bowling figure of 4 wickets for 33 runs. Wood was a part of ICC organized ODI World Cup-winning England team and he took his 50th wicket again against West Indies while he completed his 50th ODI for England playing against Australia in the World Cup semifinal. In the final, it was Wood who batting at number 11, got run-out and the game went to the ‘Super Over’. The bowler also was ruled out of the first three Tests for England's ashes series in 2019 after the World Cup.

Mark Wood did not participate in the Test series against West Indies which was the first call he received. Rather he had begun his journey in Test in 2015 in London against New Zealand. He captured 3 wickets, giving away 93 runs in 27 overs. Mark Wood has so far taken part in 17 Tests and claimed 50 wickets with his bowling figure 9 wickets for 100 runs in a match.

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Wood made his debut in Twenty20 International against New Zealand in 2015 and he captured 3 wickets giving away 26 runs in 3 overs with an economy rate of 8.67. Mark Wood who has claimed 38 wickets from his 32 T20 matches, has captured 18 wickets from 11 T20Is so far.

The fast bowler developing in the way of his mentor Steven Harmison.