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Mark Wood

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Mark Wood: England fast bowler to play amateur cricket for Ashington
That was supposed to be a link that a BBC article
Mark Wood's last game of cricket was a one-day international for England against India - his next will be for amateur club Ashington against Shotley Bridge.

The fast bowler will line up for his boyhood team on Saturday in the second tier of the North East Premier League as he steps up his preparations for the home summer with Durham and England.

The Shotley Bridge opposition will include England assistant coach Paul Collingwood, who has returned to club cricket since ending his professional career in 2018.

Fortunately for the amateurs in the Shotley Bridge side, Wood is likely to play as a batsman, rather than bowling in excess of 90mph.

Because of coronavirus, recreational cricketers are currently not permitted to use changing rooms and have to supply their own refreshments.

The same will go for Wood and Collingwood, who will swap the luxuries of the international game for getting changed outdoors and bringing their own teas.

Wood's last competitive game for Ashington - the club which also produced former England fast bowler Steve Harmison - was in 2012.

He played a friendly for the Mighty Acorns in 2014, a year before his England debut.

The 31-year-old has played 18 Tests, 55 ODIs and 15 Twenty20s, and was part of the team that won the 2019 World Cup.
 
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Marty mentioned this on the stream. Is it at SBCC or Ashington? If the former, might take a mosey down.
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Edit: its at Shotley. 12.00 kick off
 
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He’s bowling btw
I cant see Collingwood has played for Shotley this season mind not sure if I’m looking in the wrong place?
 
Mackem DJ said:
He’s bowling btw
I cant see Collingwood has played for Shotley this season mind not sure if I’m looking in the wrong place?
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He's been in Sri Lanka and India all winter. Probably fancied a bit of time with his wife and kids.

I think he only ever makes cameo appearances for SBCC
 
HarrogateMackem said:
Can someone explain why he doesn't play for Durham?
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Heard him talking about his fitness on his podcast, says his most dangerous time injury wise is when he's coming back into training. To mitigate that he bowls 10 overs a week, then 20, then 30 etc, a pretty slow build up. Guessing he's on the early stages of that plan so not match fit enough to play for Durham for a few weeks but good enough for Ashington. I know it's not long since he was playing for England but he has had a few weeks off and this is how he described the process.
 
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