England pacer Mark Wood once again made the headlines due to his sheer pace as he bowled the fastest Test over recorded by an English pacer at home during the second Test match against West Indies which is being played at Trent Bridge on Friday.
Wood, 34, is one of the fastest bowlers in the world and he continues to prove it. Bowling his first over of the match, the right-armer bowled a fiery 93.9 mph (151.1 kmph) ball to West Indies’ opener Mikyle Louis. The Windies opener got no time to settle as he was, once again, beaten by a 96.1 mph (154.65 kmph) delivery.
Wood’s remaining deliveries were 95.2 mph (152.88 kmph) and 92.2 mph (148.06 kmph), 96.5 mph (155.30 kmph) Yorker and 95.2 mph (153.20).
However, that was not the end of Wood’s fiery as the Windies batters continued their struggle against his pace. The 34-year-old’s second over went as follows: 95 mph (152 kmph), 93 mph (149.66 kmph), 95 mph (152 kmph), 96 mph (154.49), 97.1 mph (156.26 kmph) and 94 mph (151.27 kmph).
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The fastest Test ball he has ever bowled clocked at 156.6 kmph which came against Pakistan in Multan Test in 2022. The right-armer also bowled the quickest delivery of the T20 World Cup 2022 which England won under the leadership of Jos Buttler.
After being asked to bat first, England posted 416 runs in 88.3 overs before losing all of their wickets. Ollie Pope scored a brilliant century, scoring 121 runs on 167 balls with 16 deliveries while Ben Duckett (71 off 59), and Ben Stokes (69 off 104) also played crucial innings.
Teams:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wkt), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), Mikyle Louis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wkt), Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales
- Mark Wood
