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Was watching Mark Wood rip through the West Indies line up, generating 152+kph speeds. His run-up and action was reminiscient of Shoaib.
 
Video of his spell

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No it's not, not liking his head position also feels like both hands are going away from the body..
 
I asked my contact at ECB. His reply

I know it looks similar, but no. He has worked with Chris Silverwood and Kevin Shine on extended his run up. Helps him gather pace and more importantly takes pressure off his ankle and Achilles.
 
That was a real bad *** spell.

However my concerns with Wood is that his pace drops drastically from his second spell onwards. In his first spell he is routinely at 145-153 km/hr but after that he drops down to 136-138 km/hr which is a big difference. But without a doubt he is England's best bowler with the old ball and can be trusted to knock over the tail with his blistering reverse swinging Yorkers.
 
same lethal mark wood was taken to the cleaners by Adil Amin recently in Pakistan A vs England Lions series where he scored 120 of 80 or 70 odd balls with 10 sixes so that means Adil Amin is really talented
 
Saj said:
I asked my contact at ECB. His reply

I know it looks similar, but no. He has worked with Chris Silverwood and Kevin Shine on extended his run up. Helps him gather pace and more importantly takes pressure off his ankle and Achilles.
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Yeah, his timing is better, he’s not trying to muscle his way to 90 mph now, so he should be able to sustain his pace.
 
Seems to be heading towards a new peak in his career
 
Can his body sustain the workload of playing atleast 4-5 consecutive tests. If he can, he will be dangerous . So far, he has had a very stop-start career.
 
Mitchell Johnson also extended his run up to give him better rythem and put less stress on his body, I'd say woods is consistently the quickest bowler in the world world
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Can his body sustain the workload of playing atleast 4-5 consecutive tests. If he can, he will be dangerous . So far, he has had a very stop-start career.
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Sure. The longer run seems to be taking pressure off his body, though he is still very open in his delivery and his left foot seems to come down very hard.
 
Mark Wood:

"I'm over the moon - a very special day. I wish I'd changed my run-up sooner. Since I have, it's been a lot better. I've got a little bit more momentum; it's taken pressure off my body. It's been nice to take a load off."
 
Robert said:
Sure. The longer run seems to be taking pressure off his body, though he is still very open in his delivery and his left foot seems to come down very hard.
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Good to hear that. He and Archer were the reason England Ron the world cup. Need to get most out of him in the next 3 years.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Good to hear that. He and Archer were the reason England Ron the world cup. Need to get most out of him in the next 3 years.
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Yes, astonishing that England had the two fastest and best quicks in the tournament. That never happened before.
 
Robert said:
Yes, astonishing that England had the two fastest and best quicks in the tournament. That never happened before.
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Yes, for all the hoopla about the batting it was the fact that England had the best and most well rounded attack that eventually got them the cup. These two are, along with Harmison, the fastest bowlers England have ever produced.
 
England fast bowler Mark Wood says the coronavirus pandemic has burst the bubble in which sportspersons, at times, live, making them as vulnerable as a common man is to the unprecedented challenges posed by the global health crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far killed over 80,000 globally and infected nearly 1.5 million and Wood said he too worries about his family’s health.

“There are times when professional sportsmen and women exist in our own bubble. The coronavirus crisis has burst that bubble. Instead of thinking about fitness, performance or the next match, our concerns are exactly the same as everyone else’s,” the 30-year-old wrote in a column for ‘BBC’.

“It’s a scary time, one that has made me anxious for the health of my family and friends. I’ve worried about my parents and grandparents. I’ve got friends who work in the NHS and it’s so sad to hear what they are going through, along with all the stress that is being put on hospitals.

“Just because I play cricket for England doesn’t make me immune from the challenges the whole country is facing. I’ve queued up outside the supermarket and I’ve shaved my head because I’m not sure when I’ll next be able to get a haircut,” he said.

With the pandemic putting countries in lockdown mode to contain the disease, Wood too is at home and he is hoping this break will help him recover from an injury, which had ruled him out of the Sri Lanka series.

“Before the coronavirus crisis ramped up, I had the disappointment of being ruled out of the tour to Sri Lanka ... The side injury is similar to what I suffered in the World Cup final, just not quite as a severe,” he wrote.

“It’s great when I hear captain Joe Root talk about me being part of the plans for the next Ashes tour, so I’ll be doing everything I can to be on that plane in the winter of 2021.

“After all, if my side doesn’t heal during a period of lockdown, it never will.”

Wood said the injury happened because he ignored the signs when he first felt the uneasiness during the second T20I against South Africa.

“It was my own fault it happened. I felt it in the second Twenty20 in South Africa, but thought I would be OK to play in the third game. It only made it miles worse,” he said.

“From my point of view, there are some really encouraging signs. I played a lot of cricket in the World Cup, then in South Africa I was able to play back-to-back Tests.”

Currently in isolation like the rest of the world, Wood said he is trying his best to stay “physically and mentally fresh“.

“England have sent us watches that track running, and each player has an individual programme. I’ve learnt that there is absolutely no way to cheat the system - even moving my arm around really fast doesn’t work,” he wrote.

“I’ve been doing online cycling sessions with James Anderson and Stuart Broad, with those two veterans leaving me behind. I’ve asked the strength coach why I can’t keep up, but he was too polite to say it is because I have legs like a tiny sparrow.

“I haven’t quite figured out what my event is yet, but it could be dancing.”

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...-broad-anderson-sri-lanka/article31286916.ece
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yes, for all the hoopla about the batting it was the fact that England had the best and most well rounded attack that eventually got them the cup. These two are, along with Harmison, the fastest bowlers England have ever produced.
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Ever is a long time.

Devon Malcom was at rocket speed too. Steve Waugh said Dev the most difficult bowler he ever faced because Dev didn’t know where it was going - one ball went to second slip, and the next was in Waugh’s face at 100 mph.

Fastest ever was supposedly Tyson, who made Trueman and Statham look medium pace, the Typhoon who blew himself out after just two seasons.
 
Fast bowler Mark Wood says players would be willing to go into isolation in order for England matches to take place this summer.

Plans to play in a bio-secure environment could involve players staying together for a number of weeks and being subject to regular coronavirus testing.

"Everybody in the squad, as long as the conditions are right, would be willing to come back and play some cricket," said Wood.

"I know it would be a long stint and it would be hard but it would be good to get back out there."

There will be no cricket in England and Wales until at least 1 July, which has meant the postponement of England's Test series against West Indies.

To reschedule those matches, and host subsequent visits from Pakistan, Australia and Ireland, the England and Wales Cricket Board is exploring the possibility of using bio-secure venues.

This could mean grounds like Old Trafford and Southampton, which each have a hotel on site where players, staff, media and anyone else required to be at a match could stay.

England players have been briefed by director of cricket Ashley Giles and the ECB's chief medical officer Dr Nick Peirce as to what the plans could mean for them.

"You sort of get used to being away on tour for long periods of time," said Wood, who has played 15 Tests for England and was part of the team that won the World Cup in 2019.

"It would be very hard but as long as the environment is safe, my family are safe and everybody else there is safe then I'd be willing to do it."

If all of England's summer schedule is saved, that would mean a total of six Tests, six one-day internationals and six Twenty20s.

That would probably mean a large squad being chosen, even if the Test and limited-overs teams would be separated at times.

Still, it is likely that any players who do not feature in certain matches would not be able to leave the team environment.

"I imagine they would have a pool of players that we'll dip into if the Test matches come thick and fast," said Wood.

"We've never been in these circumstances before where we don't know what's going to happen on the down days – I guess you can't just go home so maybe you'll have to train in small groups.

”It will be interesting to see how it does work.”

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/52576155
 
May 17 (Reuters) - Cricket’s return should not be a priority while the country is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, England fast bowler Mark Wood has said as he questioned whether everyone involved in a match would be safe.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last month extended the suspension of the professional game until July 1 but England players will return to individual skills-based training next week in venues across the country.

The government said elite sport can return in June without spectators in attendance and the ECB is looking at hosting a three-test series against West Indies in July, possibly at ‘bio-secure’ venues.

“The nation wants to see sport and we want to play sport, but first and foremost it is safety first,” Wood told Reuters.

“Are the players going to be safe, the overseas players, the management, caterers, cameramen, is everybody going to be alright?... Cricket sort of has to be on the back burner while every thing else gets better.

“As much as we would love to play sport and want sport back, I think it has to be about the nation and getting things back together and making sure people’s safety and key workers and the NHS (National Health Service) are looked after.”

The United Kingdom has over 240,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus so far and it leads Europe with nearly 34,500 deaths.

Social distancing protocols will prevent fans from attending matches at stadiums and Wood said their absence will be felt by the players who consider them like the 12th man.

“Being a fast bowler, I would go to fine leg on the boundary edge and you are right next to the crowd there and they can give you a bit of motivation or inspiration,” Wood said.

“They can make you feel like there is an extra guy in our side. That really does help and not to have that would be pretty weird. We’re just going to have to create our own atmosphere out in the middle.

“It might just have to be a little more quiet on the stump cams, but you might get a better idea of what is being said. The only thing from my point of view is that I don’t want to hear that ball smacking off the bat too much.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-cricket-england-wood-idUSL4N2CZ0BJ
 
World Cup winner Mark Wood would choose a place in England’s Test team this summer if a packed schedule forces split squads between formats.

An expanded training group of up to 45 is due to be named on Friday, with the 18 bowlers already invited back for individual sessions soon to be joined by batsmen and wicketkeepers and later by a cohort of limited-overs specialists.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is hopeful it can make up for the long delay to the summer’s international programme, and avert the worst-case scenario of a £380million financial black hole, but in order to do so fixtures would need to be packed even tighter than usual.

To offer sufficient time for training, travel and rest England may end up fielding different teams in Test and limited-overs cricket and, even though last year’s World Cup triumph at Lord’s represents Wood’s career high, the Durham paceman would trade a white ball for a red one if he had the choice.

He turned in a stellar performance on his last appearance in whites, taking personal best figures of nine for 100 at the Wanderers in January and is desperate to pick up where he left off.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/spor...ld-opt-for-test-spot-if-england-split-squads/
 
England fast bowler Mark Wood says he will prefer to be part of Test team rather than limited-overs should there come a time when two separate squads are fielded at the same time for different formats in the upcoming months.

“I love playing for England in any format but as I did so well in my last Test match I’d love to keep my place there,” Wood told Sky Sports. “I know in home conditions there are probably bowlers better suited than myself but coming off the back of a Man of the Match performance I would love to keep my momentum going.”

Woods picked nine wickets in his last Test, against South Africa in Johannesburg.

All professional cricket continues to be halted across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) though still plan to host West Indies and Pakistan (for Tests) and Australia and Ireland for limited-overs series despite delaying the start of the domestic season due to the health crisis.

England cricketers have returned to outdoor training and Wood said it was a ‘weird’ experience having to maintain distance from coach and physio.

“Training is going well but it’s a bit weird being by yourself and having to stay a certain distance from the bowling coach and physio. The physio is in full PPE to get my ankle strapped,” Wood said.

“It is also is a weird feeling with the ball as you obviously can’t shine it, you can’t rub sweat on it or anything like that. It’s a nightmare [remembering not to do it]. You are so isolated – it’s literally out of the car, onto the field, bowl, back in the car, and go. I have been in the gym to use one bit of equipment but everything is cordoned off,” he added.

The 30-year-old admits the competitive edge is missing and it’s difficult to stay motivated.

“It’s a strange feeling and from a motivation point of view I have found it difficult. Now we have an end goal of getting back but it does feels a bit dead, I want that competitive edge,” he said.

He’s though hopeful that permission to train in small groups will be given if things continue to improve.

“If all this goes well and we are allowed to be in small groups again, if I can bowl at [Durham team-mate Ben Stokes] and he can bowl at me, I think that will speed things up and get me flowing again,” he said.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/id-love-to-keep-my-place-in-englands-test-team-mark-wood-931294
 
He is key to the Australian Ashes. If England hit them with Wood, Archer and Stokes (maybe Broad has one last Ashes tour in him) I think they can do so damage.
 
After being overlooked by England for most of the international summer, Mark Wood will look to make the most of his opportunity against Australia in the upcoming white-ball series and send a message ahead of next year’s Ashes.

The paceman was dropped after the first Test against the West Indies in early July, didn’t play in the rest of that three-match series, and also failed to earn a recall for any of England’s three Tests against Pakistan last month.

Wood acknowledged it was “hard mentally” to live for two months in a bio-secure bubble and barely get a chance to play, but didn’t go “moaning and groaning” to selectors behind the scenes.

“You never want to be left out, or the easy drop,” Wood said in a video call on Wednesday.

“It’s not my style to shout and scream. I have a great relationship with (England Test coach) Chris Silverwood and I just asked him honestly what I needed to do to get in the team and improve.

“Sometimes you don’t get the answer you’re looking for. He said he was happy with me but just that I didn’t get selected. I think once you know you are not in the team, you are disappointed but you are very lucky to still be in a squad playing for England.”

The disappointment will be slightly eased if he makes the team for the three-match Twenty20 series against Australia starting Friday, and then a three-match ODI series against the same opponent from Sept. 11.

READ| Langer: Australia is respected again after ball-tampering scandal

Wood has been a key member of England’s white-ball team in recent years, and is a World Cup winner from last year.

“It’s always good when you play for England, don’t get me wrong, but there’s an extra incentive when you play Australia, your biggest rivals,” Wood said.

“They are desperate to beat you, you are desperate to beat them. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Ashes, white ball, T20. We’ll be desperate to beat them."

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...-t20-ashes-world-cup-2019/article32508133.ece
 
England paceman Mark Wood has admitted he considered walking away from cricket at the height of his injury problems.

The 30-year-old endured three operations on his left ankle within 12 months between 2015 and 2016 and says the mental toll led to him having a panic attack on a flight.

Speaking to former Durham team-mate Steve Harmison on talkSPORT, the England fast bowler said: "I was actually close a couple of times to saying 'I've had enough'. I didn't think I could cope with it with my body.

"Around my third ankle operation was the hardest time - I didn't know if I wanted to do it anymore. Things weren't right. I knew they weren't right.

"I ended up having some pretty bad mental-health stuff, with anxiety. I had a panic attack on a flight.

"I was sick of the rehab. I thought I'd never reach the potential I thought I had and I did contemplate thinking 'I've had enough of this, should I do something else?'

"It's the bit where you think you've got to get back in the gym. It's not just lifting weights - it's little exercises, it's running on the streets in the dark, and going for another injection.

"People may think that's nothing but after four, five, six, seven times of doing it, you think, 'I've had enough of this.'"

Wood, who has featured in 16 Tests, 53 ODIs and 11 T20 internationals for England, says he thought about playing only white-ball cricket in order to lessen the stress in his body and feels that could still be an option for him later in his career.

But for now, he remains available in all forms and believes his new lengthened run-up - something Sky Sports' Michael Holding had long encouraged him to adopt - has helped boost his fitness levels.

"I did contemplate going down the white-ball route," added Wood, part of England's World Cup-winning team in 2019.

"It's less stress on my body - four or 10 overs - and I can still make money for my family. That could be a possibility even in the future.

"The run-up was the biggest change to my longevity. Being able to bowl longer spells and stick it out, get bigger and stronger that way. With the short run-up, I was always in, out, injured, back, injured."

https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...y-problems-took-him-close-to-quitting-cricket
 
These Gora players are a bunch of softies. Contrast this to Ruman Raees attitude who knows his playing days are over but he was still thinking positive and getting out to help Covid victims. Contrast this to the injuries Umar Gul, Junaid Khan suffered which probably ended their international careers but they still toiled away in domestic cricket.
 
Savak said:
These Gora players are a bunch of softies. Contrast this to Ruman Raees attitude who knows his playing days are over but he was still thinking positive and getting out to help Covid victims. Contrast this to the injuries Umar Gul, Junaid Khan suffered which probably ended their international careers but they still toiled away in domestic cricket.
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What happened to Raees?
 
quickest so far for England in the 1st Test vs New Zealand - bowled at 94.7mph
 
He needs the longer run-up, that old stop-start run was putting too much stress on his ankle.
 
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