Matthew Wood is an English professional cricketer contracted with and competing for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a right handed batsman and occasional off break bowler who made his debut in First-class cricket in 1997. He was born on 6 April 1977 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire . This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat in order to score runs without getting out. ... An off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Up to the end of the 2006 season he had played in 128 first class matches, scoring 6797 runs with a highest score of 207 at an average of 33.48. He has compiled 16 first class centuries, taken 113 catches and snared 2 wickets at 19.5. In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in the innings. ...

Often tipped for top honours his career has seen wild fluctuations in form. He has scored a thousand runs in a season on four occasions but has averaged less than 20 in leaner years.

He played second team cricket for 3 years before notching a century in his second first class match, against Derbyshire in 1998, and completing the year with 3 more first class tons. Two years of failure followed but, converted to an opening batsman, he starred in Yorkshire's Championship winning side in 2000, scoring 4 more centuries at the top of the order. Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire. ...

He was rewarded with two tours of Australia with the England Academy but another slump in 2002 saw him lose his first team place. He recovered in 2003, helping himself to 1400 runs, 5 centuries and the club and players player awards at Headingley, but was left out of England's plans. Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. ...

He deputised as captain on several occasions in 2003 and 2004 but his hopes of promotion to Yorkshire's oft troubled helm were skittled by poor seasons in 2004 and 2005 and he was dropped back to the seconds in 2006 after yet another run of low scores. He began 2007 as captain of Yorkshire Second XI. In cricket, the captain is the most important member of the team. ...

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