NOTTINGHAM: Right-arm speedster Mark Wood on Friday, achieved a unique feat with his searing pace as he bowled the fastest over ever recorded for England at home in Test cricket.
Wood recorded the feat in the second Test of the three-match series between England and West Indies, currently underway at Trent Bridge.
The right-arm pacer, in his first over of the match, bowled a 93.9 mph (151.1 kph) thunderbolt to West Indian opener Mikyle Louis.
Louis found it tough to deal with Wood’s pace as he was beaten by another quick delivery, clocked at 96.1 mph (154.65 kph) delivery.
Wood’s next two deliveries were a touch slower, clocking at 95.2 mph (152.88 kph) and 92.2 mph (148.06 kph) before he bowled the quickest delivery of his spell — a 96.5 mph (155.30 kph) yorker.
He then bowled a 95.2 mph (153.20) delivery to conclude his fiery first over.
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Mark Wood was equally threatening in his next over as the pace of his deliveries was as follows: 95 mph (152 kph), 93 mph (149.66 kph), 95 mph (152 kph), 96 mph (154.49), 97.1 mph (156.26 kph) and 94 mph (151.27 kph).
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For the unversed, the fastest delivery Mark Wood has ever bowled came against Pakistan during the Multan Test in 2022 which clocked at at 156.6 kph.
He also bowled the fastest delivery of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
After being put into bat first, England registered a massive total of 416 on the board, courtesy of a brilliant century by Ollie Pope.
Pope top-scored for England with 121 off 167 deliveries, hitting 16 deliveries, followed by Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes, who added valuable runs to the total with half-centuries.
PLAYING XIs
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), 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 (wk), Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales.
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