Mark Wood record in test Cricket: West Indies bowler Mark Wood Second Test Match (ENG vs WI 2nd Test) I have done something amazing which has shocked world cricket. In fact, on the second day of the test match, Mark Wood bowled such balls against the West Indies batsmen which surprised not only the fans but also the former greats. What happened was that Wood came to bowl during the 10th over of the West Indies innings. In his first over, Wood surprised the batsman by bowling 5 out of 6 balls at a speed of more than 150KMPH. Wood bowled the first ball at 151.1 kmph, second ball at 154.65 kmph, third ball at 152.88 kmph, fourth ball at 148.06 kmph, fifth ball at 155.30 kmph and sixth ball at 153.20 kmph. By doing this the England fast bowler created history. This over of Mark Wood was the fastest over bowled by any England fast bowler on home ground. This deadly bowling of Wood was faced by Michael Lewis of West Indies.
broke my own record
After this over, when Wood came to bowl for the second time, he bowled more dangerous than the first over. In his second over, Wood bowled the first ball at a speed of 152.0 kmph, the second ball at 149.66 kmph, the third ball at 152.0 kmph. Mark Wood created a stir by throwing the fourth ball at a speed of 154.49 kmph. After this, the fifth ball was bowled with a speed of 156.26 kmph. At the same time, Wood created a stir by throwing the last ball at a speed of 151.27 kmph. This over also got included in the record of the fastest over. In this over, Wood created history by bowling the ball at a speed of 156kmph.
Your chances of facing a 97.1mph Mark Wood bouncer straight at your head are low, but never zero… pic.twitter.com/sQN7TtB4rv
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The 34-year-old Wood is considered one of the fastest bowlers in the world across all formats. In the Multan Test in 2022, he bowled the fastest ball of 156.6 kmph in the Test against Pakistan. At the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, which England won, Wood bowled a ball at 154.74 km/h against New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips in a Super 12 match, which was the fastest ball of the tournament. Wood has dominated the top 10 fastest balls of the World Cup.
Whereas, if we talk about the second Test match, England had scored 416 runs in the first innings, after which at the end of the second day’s play, West Indies had scored 351 runs for 5 wickets in their first innings. West Indies is still 65 runs behind England. At the crease, Jason Holder is unbeaten on 23 and Joshua de Silva is unbeaten on 32 runs.