Background
He was born in Ashington, Northumberland.
He was born in Ashington, Northumberland.
Wood is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast around 90 mph. Minor Counties
Wood made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland in 2008 against Norfolk in MCCA Knockout Trophy. He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 2008 to 2010, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
Durham
In the 2011 season, he made his debut for Durham in a first-class match against Durham MCCU. He followed this up by making his List A debut against Northamptonshire in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.
He has since made a further first-class appearance against Sri Lanka A, and a further List A appearance against Scotland in the Clydesdale Bank 40. Wood made his debut for the England Lions in their 2014 tour of Sri Lanka.
2015
In March 2015, Wood was named in the England Test squad for the tour of the West Indies. However, he did not play in the series.
He made his One Day International debut for England against Ireland on 8 May 2015.
The match was affected by rain and little cricket was played, although Wood did take his first international wicket. 2015 series against New Zealand
He made his Test debut for England later the same month against New Zealand. In the first Test Wood took figures of 3-93 in New Zealand"s first innings.
In the following Test Wood continued to impress, taking figures of 2-62 in New Zealand"s first innings.
He also made a useful 19 with the battalion In New Zealand"s second innings he took another three wickets, this time at the expense of 97 runs.
England lost the match by 199 runs and the series was drawn at 1-1. Wood played in the third ODI against New Zealand, taking figures of 1-48.
He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015.
2015 Ashes Series
In the second Test he only took one wicket in the Australian first innings, finishing with figures of 1-92 as England lost the match by 405 runs. He was ruled out of the third Test through injury, but returned in the fourth Test, taking 1-13 in Australia"s first innings. England lost the final Test of the series, with Wood taking 1-59 in Australia first innings.