Matthew Wood (cricketer)
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- For another cricketer by the same name see Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1977)Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1977)Matthew James Wood is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Glamorgan in a career lasting eleven years. He was a right-handed batsman and very occasional off spinner, who made his debut in first-class cricket in 1997...
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Matthew James Wood (born September 30, 1980, Exeter
Exeter
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, Devon
Devon
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) is an English
England
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cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
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. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.
Career
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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in 2001 and scored 71 in a total of 553 for five wickets. His maiden first-class century was 122 against Northamptonshire in 2001. Wood scored 297 against Yorkshire in 2005. He got out trying to hit a 6
Boundary (cricket)
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to bring up his 300 but was caught at long on. He scored over 1000 first-class runs in 2005 at an average of 48 but 2006 was his least successful season to date with just 622 runs at an average of 23.
After Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
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left in 2005, he was appointed as Somerset's official vice captain.
In the late part of the 2007 English cricket season, Wood signed for Nottinghamshire on a 3 year deal.