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Full name | Christopher Philip Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England | 27 June 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–present | Hampshire (squad no. 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | London Spirit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Birmingham Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 15 April 2010 Hampshire v Oxford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 14 May 2010 Hampshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,6 December 2024 |
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]
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