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He's the bowler everyone hyped Jofra Archer to be. Exceptional pace and impactful player.
 
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Mark Wood’s first ball of the tournament brings a wicket!
 
You can bet he might break the 100mph barrier anytime this tourney rockets being thrown by him
 
<b>T20 World Cup: England's Mark Wood says he has 'more in the tank' but plays down 100mph</b>

Mark Wood says he has "more in the tank" but does not believe he could become the first England bowler to break the 100mph barrier.

Wood, 32, bowled the fastest spell in T20 World Cup history in England's win over Afghanistan on Sunday and reached 97mph in the recent series in Pakistan.

Historic speed data is hard to gather but only Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australia's Shaun Tait have hit 100mph.

"I don't think I'm in their bracket," said Wood.

"Though I've got more consistently high pace than them.

"I feel in a great place at the minute so hopefully I can keep that going."

Wood took 2-23 against Afghanistan, with every ball in his four overs bowled in excess of 140kph (86.9mph), making it the fastest spell in the tournament's history. In Perth he reached a top speed of 92.6mph.

"I actually feel I have more in the tank than that," said Wood, who only returned from two elbow operations last month.

"I struggled in my first couple of overs because I was slipping quite a bit.

"There was a lot of grass on the wicket and it was a bit tacky on top so I was sliding.

"The record is great to hear but I want to keep pushing the boundaries to get quicker and quicker."

Durham quick Wood has always bowled at high pace but his speeds have increased since he lengthened his run-up in 2018.

Speed guns became regularly used around the turn of the century and since then no England bowler has been recorded at a speed as high as Wood's 97mph.

Shoaib became the first bowler to break 100mph, doing so against England in the 2003 World Cup, before Tait reached 100.1mph an one-day international in 2010, also against England.

Brett Lee was clocked at 99.9mph during his career and fellow Australian Mitchell Starc has reached 99.7mph.

Former England all-rounder Ravi Bopara shared Wood's doubts that he could reach the landmark figure.

"The extra three miles per hour at that top end is a lot," Bopara told BBC Sport. "It takes a serious amount of effort.

"The fastest bowlers I have ever come across were Shoaib and Tait and they were in a different world.

"I have never come across that sort of pace since."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63362851
 
Mark Wood says he has "more in the tank" but does not believe he could become the first England bowler to break the 100mph barrier.

Wood, 32, bowled the fastest spell in T20 World Cup history in England's win over Afghanistan on Sunday and reached 97mph in the recent series in Pakistan.

Historic speed data is hard to gather but only Shoaib Akhtar, Shaun Tait and Brett Lee have exceeded 100mph.

"I don't think I'm in their bracket," said Wood.

"Though I've got more consistently high pace than them.

"I feel in a great place at the minute so hopefully I can keep that going."

Wood took 2-23 against Afghanistan, with every ball in his four overs bowled in excess of 140kph (86.9mph), making it the fastest spell in the tournament's history. In Perth he reached a top speed of 92.6mph.

"I actually feel I have more in the tank than that," said Wood, who only returned from two elbow operations last month.

"I struggled in my first couple of overs because I was slipping quite a bit.

"There was a lot of grass on the wicket and it was a bit tacky on top so I was sliding.

"The record is great to hear but I want to keep pushing the boundaries to get quicker and quicker."

Durham quick Wood has always bowled at high pace but his speeds have increased since he lengthened his run-up in 2018.

Speed guns became regularly used around the turn of the century and since then no England bowler has been recorded at a speed as high as Wood's 97mph.

Pakistan's Shoaib became the first bowler to break 100mph, doing so against England in the 2003 World Cup, before Australia's Lee reached 100.1mph against New Zealand in 2005 and his former team-mate Tait recorded the same speed during an one-day international in 2010 against England.

Fellow Australian Mitchell Starc has reached 99.7mph.

Former England all-rounder Ravi Bopara shared Wood's doubts that he could reach the landmark figure.

"The extra three miles per hour at that top end is a lot," Bopara told BBC Sport. "It takes a serious amount of effort.

"The fastest bowlers I have ever come across were Shoaib and Tait and they were in a different world.

"I have never come across that sort of pace since."

BBC
 
Wood vs Sri Lanka:

Nasser Hussain, on commentary, says Wood must not rely on his express pace on this pitch and should turn to cutters and variations at times. It looks a pace ball last up, which Nissanka uppercuts just over third man for a maximum as an over that began with a six ends the same way. Sri Lanka are flying! SEVENTEEN from Wood's first over!
 
Will England risk him for the game versus Pakistan?

Given that this is the final, one would think that the risk would be worth it given Pak batters' issues with pace and short balls.
 
MenInG said:
Will England risk him for the game versus Pakistan?

Given that this is the final, one would think that the risk would be worth it given Pak batters' issues with pace and short balls.
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It’s only 4 overs. They should risk it. Wood can take a long break after the match.
 
MenInG said:
Will England risk him for the game versus Pakistan?

Given that this is the final, one would think that the risk would be worth it given Pak batters' issues with pace and short balls.
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They won’t, but he will. Just like how Shaheen was told that it was his decision and he persisted he wanted to play. No player at the international level will let this occasion and opportunity to feature in a WC final go by, as long as they don’t have a broken arm or foot.

But if it’s the type of pain they’re willing to work through, they will.

Was just listening to Waqar talk about how he broke down in tears when the WC winning team arrived and started pouring out from the plane. That’s the kind of dedication and love for the game and being part of it you have at this level.
 
Wood is going to pepper our players with bouncers. Our batters better be prepared.
 
MenInG said:
Will England risk him for the game versus Pakistan?

Given that this is the final, one would think that the risk would be worth it given Pak batters' issues with pace and short balls.
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Should risk him. Even if it’s 3 overs and he can’t bowl 4. He is worth picking for that.
 
Missed the first Test against Pakistan due to injury, but was bowling in the nets throughout.

A likely returner for the second Test.
 
Shoaib Akhtar on Mark Wood:

“Mark Wood, a great looking guy and a lovely human being with a beautiful action, that’s what I like to see!” said Shoaib.

“A couple of things I have noticed. He loses his follow through. Thank god he shortened his run up. He lands on the left foot, and you see often he collapses on the pitch because he cannot control the follow through.

“If he is thinking that he cannot bowl more than 155, he is absolutely wrong there! If he wants to bowl 100mph, he needs to start pulling trucks. I made the pitches about 26 yards. I made a ball about four times heavier than normal. I trained by doing a lot of weights, riding the bicycle with weights on it. I would do about 1000 reps.

“I noticed I developed muscles that I had never been able to touch before. Little did I know that I was losing my knees, bones and cartilage at the same time. Whoever can bowl 150kph has 10ks in reserve, with the right preparation and the right recuperation,”
 
Looking forward too seeing Woody in test action.

Going forward post-A&B, my pace attack would be Wood, Robinson and Stone.
 
MenInG said:
Shoaib Akhtar on Mark Wood:

“Mark Wood, a great looking guy and a lovely human being with a beautiful action, that’s what I like to see!” said Shoaib.

“A couple of things I have noticed. He loses his follow through. Thank god he shortened his run up. He lands on the left foot, and you see often he collapses on the pitch because he cannot control the follow through.

“If he is thinking that he cannot bowl more than 155, he is absolutely wrong there! If he wants to bowl 100mph, he needs to start pulling trucks. I made the pitches about 26 yards. I made a ball about four times heavier than normal. I trained by doing a lot of weights, riding the bicycle with weights on it. I would do about 1000 reps.

“I noticed I developed muscles that I had never been able to touch before. Little did I know that I was losing my knees, bones and cartilage at the same time. Whoever can bowl 150kph has 10ks in reserve, with the right preparation and the right recuperation,”
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Interesting to hear Shoaibs training advice. I'd say he did too much strength work, not enough endurance.

Brett Lee's theory was to stay supple and flexible, but if he did strength work he made sure it was power focussed. Always an explosive, fast exercise to train with- his theory was bowling express is an explosive activity so he always made sure any strength work was donein that style. So he'd speak about an endurance base (slow running, cycling, swimming- the plenty of stretches and mobility for joints/limbs drills and then his power work.
 
Yeah, all the great WI quicks were supple too. I don’t remember anyone who trained with weights a lot.

Shoaib says Wood cut his run down but in fact he lengthened it.
 
Mark Wood included in the XI for the second Test against Pakistan
 
I think England will only get him for this match and then he will be rotated out again, but 25 overs of him across the Test could make a key difference to the result if he bowls well.
 
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Fastest ball this morning so far of 97.3mph.

Unlucky not to get a wicket.
 
James said:
I think England will only get him for this match and then he will be rotated out again, but 25 overs of him across the Test could make a key difference to the result if he bowls well.
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Even if he takes new wickets he is still helping the other bowlers with sheer shock value.

Cook used him as a strike bowler, but Root and Stokes seem to use him differently which I think is wrong. He should have been leading the attack for years by now.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Thats 156.5 kph.
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He is extremely quick.

Is he the fastest bowler in the world at the moment? He may well be. He is certainly the fastest England bowler in history, even more rapid than Harmison.

Wondering if he can reach 98MPH in the future.
 
Robert said:
Even if he takes new wickets he is still helping the other bowlers with sheer shock value.

Cook used him as a strike bowler, but Root and Stokes seem to use him differently which I think is wrong. He should have been leading the attack for years by now.
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I really like him, but I think there is some compelling medical information that we don’t know about, otherwise he would surely be taking the new ball in every Test.

I genuinely think he is not physically capable of leading a Test attack.

And he is 32 years old now too, so his body will recover even more slowly than it has in the past.

He can lead the attack in T20s, and perhaps ODIs, but not Tests.

He is a luxury bowler at this stage.

But — when he’s fit — what a darn bowler!
 
Has taken some crucial wickets in this Test.

England would like a couple more from him too.
 
Pakistan better not expose the tail to this guy even for one ball. This is why England have picked him ie the moment the tail is in to blast them out of there asap.
 
High quality seamer and match winner for England.

More than handy with the bat as well

A shame that he's 32 and does not have many years left in test cricket
 
James said:
I think England will only get him for this match and then he will be rotated out again, but 25 overs of him across the Test could make a key difference to the result if he bowls well.
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And there you have it.

32.5 overs in the Test and he made a huge difference with his pace and bounce.

A bowler like Wood gives a captain so many additional options to take wickets, particularly on dying and/or flat pitches.

Mark’s workload needs to be managed carefully but no doubt when he is out there on the pitch he can be a matchwinning player.
 
sindhiboy said:
High quality seamer and match winner for England.

More than handy with the bat as well

A shame that he's 32 and does not have many years left in test cricket
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English bowlers get better & fitter with age. I won’t be surprised if Wood is still bowling thunderbolts 5 years from now.
 
James said:
And there you have it.

32.5 overs in the Test and he made a huge difference with his pace and bounce.

A bowler like Wood gives a captain so many additional options to take wickets, particularly on dying and/or flat pitches.

Mark’s workload needs to be managed carefully but no doubt when he is out there on the pitch he can be a matchwinning player.
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Remarkably, his away record is miles better than his home returns.

I believe that Root in particular misused him. He should have been getting the new ball with Anderson but they kept giving it to Broad, even though Draco was no longer a big wicket taker and better suited to first change duty.
 
<b>Pakistan v England: Mark Wood pondered Test future during injury lay-off</b>

England fast bowler Mark Wood wondered if he would only return to white-ball cricket during his long lay-off with an elbow injury.

Wood played his first Test since March in England's series-clinching win over Pakistan in Multan.

It was also the 32-year-old's first since captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum took charge.

"I desperately wanted to experience this, with Stokesy and Brendon. I'm pleased I stuck with it," said Wood.

Wood has a history of injury problems, particularly an ankle issue which required multiple surgeries.

He missed the entire home summer this year after having two operations on his elbow.

The Durham man made his return in time for the T20 World Cup, but a hip injury caused him to miss the semi-final and final as England lifted the trophy in Australia. It also ruled him out of England's win in the first Test in Pakistan.

"I wondered if I'd go white-ball only. At some my point my body will say that it's the way to go," said Wood, who was also part of the England team that won the 50-over World Cup in 2019.

Wood's three crucial wickets on the final day in Multan helped England to a 26-run win that gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

England have never won two Tests in an away series against Pakistan and have not beaten them outside of the UK for 22 years.

"It will sink in over the next couple of days how good it was to win here 2-0," said Wood.

"We showed immense skill but everyone put in an effort. It has not been one game, it has been two of maximum effort. I feel really proud that we have given it everything.

"The word in the dressing room is we want to entertain and do things different. So to do it differently and write it in the history books is a fantastic feeling, especially here because nobody comes here and does this."

England had won only once in 17 Tests when Stokes took over as captain, but have now taken victory in eight of the nine matches since he assumed control. The all-rounder has won plaudits not only for results, but his inspirational leadership and creative tactics.

Former England skipper Mike Atherton told Sky Sports: "He is going to be one of our greatest ever captains by the time he finishes. I can't think of another captain who has had such a dramatic and immediate impact upon taking over."

Wood played with and against his Durham team-mate Stokes in junior age-group cricket.

"He's always had a fantastic cricket brain," said Wood. "The way he conducts himself and the messages he gives, he's just so much more rounded than when we were growing up.

"He was this alpha guy who would whack it, never back down. He's still got all that, but he's got other sides to him now.

"He'll put an arm round people, express what he means really articulately - I didn't think he had some of the words in his locker. He's been world-class."

— BBC Sport
 
149kph from Wood to Salman Agha

It doesnt matter what type of pitch it is - the speed will get you and that's where he is so good.
 
MenInG said:
149kph from Wood to Salman Agha

It doesnt matter what type of pitch it is - the speed will get you and that's where he is so good.
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Last test. He had people gloving to the keeper. Else pakistan had the game.

Pace with strategy is a potent weapon.
 
Thought he did quite well to get it consistently bouncing over the heads of the batters on Day 1 given how slow & low the pitch is.
 
Very very quick Wood - Pak batters have no answer

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Pace and angle make him a hard bowler to go after. You must give enough room to play him. But for many players that is not an option.
 
England need Mark Wood in the XI - need a game changer.
 
Hasn't played cricket for 2 and a half months and still not fit for this 2nd Ashes Test. Hasn't played first-class cricket in over 6 months too.

Both the English raw pacers Wood and Archer are far too unreliable.
 
Firebat said:
Hasn't played cricket for 2 and a half months and still not fit for this 2nd Ashes Test. Hasn't played first-class cricket in over 6 months too.

Both the English raw pacers Wood and Archer are far too unreliable.
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Problem is that England at the moment has a lot of talkers (Ollie Robinson/Stokes etc) but no one who can run through the Aussie lineup which Wood and Archer should have been.
 
Just like Haris Rauf he is struggling in WC so far. Very expensive. Has Wood not played in India before?
 
Bowling coaches: Keep you line and length consistent
Mark Wood today: Watch me

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IAJ said:
Just like Haris Rauf he is struggling in WC so far. Very expensive. Has Wood not played in India before?
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At least Rauf picked up 3 wickets and bowled one extra over yesterday versus Mark Woods who got smashed for same number of runs and 0 wickets...
 
NeVerMind said:
At least Rauf picked up 3 wickets and bowled one extra over yesterday versus Mark Woods who got smashed for same number of runs and 0 wickets...
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Yes, people having a go at Haris yesterday should also type two words on Wood today. He has more experience than Haris but his numbers in ODIs are very poor averaging close to 40.
 
On most of the Indian wickets, you don't going to get great success only with the pace. We saw Haris struggling in the world cup and Wood also hasn't been able to produce great results with his bowling so far apart from the match against Bangladesh at Dharamsala.
 
Wood is a top bowler, he has bowled match winning spells in the longer form and in T20. He has a lot of credit in the bank and hopefully won't be too dented by a below average spell today.

He is an exciting bowler and will hopefully recover from this bad day at the office.
 
IAJ said:
Yes, people having a go at Haris yesterday should also type two words on Wood today. He has more experience than Haris but his numbers in ODIs are very poor averaging close to 40.
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Yea you wouldn't want to read this space here if rauf had the same numbers as wood yesterday.
 
He’s like if Haris Rauf was a little faster but also 10x more inaccurate, haven’t seen spraying like this in a while
 
Great bowler, much better than Rauf but nowhere near Archer. This World Cup has been a massive reality check for you, @Forum363.

A fit Jofra is a massive asset for England and their white ball bowling has been toothless without him. There is a reason why Mumbai Indians retain him year in year out in spite of his recurring injury problems.

He is a generational talent.
 
Mamoon said:
Great bowler, much better than Rauf but nowhere near Archer. This World Cup has been a massive reality check for you, @Forum363.

A fit Jofra is a massive asset for England and their white ball bowling has been toothless without him. There is a reason why Mumbai Indians retain him year in year out in spite of his recurring injury problems.

He is a generational talent.
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Come back and talk when he's back on the cricket pitch and not in the hospital please. Otherwise Archer = Simon Jones. A nobody in the history of cricket.
 
Forum363 said:
Come back and talk when he's back on the cricket pitch and not in the hospital please. Otherwise Archer = Simon Jones. A nobody in the history of cricket.
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Unfair comparison. Simon Jones has achieved more for English cricket than Jofra.
 
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