He's had several spells like this recently in different formats. His spell in the 1st T20 V Pakistan last year just before the World cup was ferocious - Pakistan were 21-3 and some of their batsmen looked visibly shaken at tying to fend off 97 mph rockets directed at their upper torso. Was sadly missing from the T20 World cup final after having a brilliant tournament. Over the last year or so It's no coincidence that England have tended to lose tests, ODI's and T20I's if Mark Wood hasn't been playing. He has made that much of an impact.

He was hitting the bat hard. You could see that. I think Labuschagne knew that it was good bowling and he was enjoying the challenge; it was there in his body language. Not intimidated by any means, but impressed, none the less.

By bowling😂😂😂

He is British not indian ...

His 96.5 miles swing bowl was crazy

There will be some slow Greyhounds for a week or two.

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hold your horse

Never compare him to Wasim Akram

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@@gaminglucifer7251 he is better

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The fastest in the video was 95mph. Where did you see 96.5?

@@SeekerAndLearner that is not displayed here but the speeds of these deliveries were displayed on a site

You would love Wood

@@anthonybevinetto7717 very funny. 😆

Isn't it strange how the days of fairly regular 150kph Test bowling seems over. I've watched Cummins and Starcs speeds over the last 5 years or so, and although you'll get the odd 145/146er from Starc and the odd 140/141er from Cummins, their speeds are nice and solid but nothing crazy. Slow balls aside , Cummins averaged 84.3mph/ 135.2 kph in the last test and Starc 85.1/ 137. I miss bowlers like Mark Wood and regardless of anything else, I LOVE that he's back.

​@@realMaverickBuckleynot using all pace you got is better for longetivity.. like not getting injured i guess?.. but hell yeah wood is hard!

​@realMaverickBuckley The best days of fast bowlers in recent history was that of Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, and Shoaib Akhtar. Those three were the absolute Kings of speed, with Brett Lee having delivered the fastest ball to ever take a wicket at 99.5mph (which is just insane)

@n0nenone Definitely true, I remember Jimmy when he started was regularly at 88-90mph. Or.. the reason speeds were higher in 95-2010 and slowed between 2014-2023 is the change in measuring systems. I wo der how fast Wood would have registered on the old gun.

But let me know who Dusgrees to the fact that Jasprit Bumrah is no. 1 in all three formats?

I think we all look back with rose-tinted glasses at those bowlers. If you actually rewatch some of those matches where they had speed guns, Walsh, Ambrose, Wasim, and Waqar's bowling was in the low to mid 80mph range for large parts of their spells. Granted, speed guns weren't really around when those guys were in their early 20s, but if you look at Wasim and Waqar speeds in and around 2000 games, it was low to mid 80s. They were 34 and 29 respectively when those games were played, so similar age to Wood.

@@tomb2840 Always thought of the genuine fasts on WI side being Holding, Marshall and Croft. Waqar was fast too though.

@@tomb2840 Wasim slowed after 1997 when he was diagnoised with diabetes, he put on a little weight and lost that althetic edge. He was seriously rapid in his youth. It's a reflection of his skill he was able to effectively subsitute movement and accuracy for pace and mantain his poistion as one of the best in the world. Ambrose was also a great but for me this is more due to way he used his height and accuracy than out and out pace. I always thought Waqar was seriously rapid. There probably other bowlers in 1990s who were quicker than Wasim, Ambrose but bowled a lot of half volleys etc and who been forgotten about becuase their records were nothing special

@@MrBobsmith34 Oh absolutely. I know Waqar was very quick in the early 1990s. However, I do feel there is a tendency to exaggerate some of the bowling speeds of yesteryear though prior to speed guns. People imagine they were all constantly bowling 90mph and above. In the 1979 fastest bowling comp, only a couple of the bowlers got above 90mph, and the fastest on that day was Jeff Thomson at around 92mph.

​@@tomb2840waqars fastest ball was 97 mph

Sound of timber!

Yeah I've heard of Jeff Thompson doing this in 1974,. One bounce into the sightscreen

Broke it too±

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He is 33 years old. No history yet. Don't over exaggerate things. It just shows you don't follow cricket

Ok, I imagined😂

I don't think there's a physio on the planet who could make that happen 😂

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@@mayolicious69 wait for the down under tour if these 2 are fit on them pitches thay will show pace like fire

@@realdeal2810 for one to 5 overs maximum, then back to low to mid 140,s

No wonder why he is one of the best test batsmsn in recent times 👍🏼

Woakes is a swing bowler but he can too clock close to 140 kph on occasions. Wood is just express pace. Would be a handful on Indian pitches if he stays fit during the WC.

They are mostly out due to injuries and never benched or underutilized

I think injuries played major role in both of their careers... But it demands hard work for them to come back at that level every time after injury

@@eternallife8898 fitness is a issue for both of them.

@@Dr.Phoenix wood, because of his action, would be prone to injuries always.

He should be renamed as Mark Steel.

@@avatharamveeraraghavan3001 yupp

Indeed. Can't remember the last time anyone consistently bowled this fast.

@@deanfillery8652 Lockie Ferguson

The convicts 😂

His bowling avg 23 in aus

Imagine this man bowling on MCG pitch