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Royal Desert ChampionsBowler
Luke Wood
- Age
- 31y 102d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Left-arm fast
- From
- Sheffield
- Age
- 31y 102d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Left-arm fast
- From
- Sheffield
Luke Wood is a left-arm seam bowler whose main weapon is swing, and in particular his knack of bending the ball back in towards right-handed batters. That inward movement has made him an awkward proposition for opponents.
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His cricket was shaped within Nottinghamshire's youth structure. He played at Under-17 level there and was later selected in the England Under-19 squad. His first-class debut arrived in the 2014 season in a match against Sussex at Trent Bridge. The following year marked a real step forward in his development: he took 30 wickets over the 2015 season and earned an invitation to the ECB bowling camp held in South Africa.
Wood also offers value with the bat. Although he usually bats in the lower order, he is a powerful striker capable of clearing the boundary. That hitting produced his first century in first-class cricket, a rapid hundred that took only 105 deliveries, scored against Sussex, the same side he faced on his first-class debut.
