Nathan Wood Cricketer
Nathan Theodore Wood (born 4 October 1974) is a former English cricketer. Wood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Thornhill Edge, Yorkshire. Wood played Youth Tests and a Youth One Day International for England Under-19s in 1993 and 1994. Wood made his first-class cricket debut for Lancashire against Essex in the 1996 County Championship. He made 29 first-class appearances for Lancashire, the lst of which came against Derbyshire in the 2000 County Championship. In his 30 first-class matches, he scored 1,179 runs at an average of 29.47, with a high score of 155. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Surrey in the 1997. He made a single List A appearance against Sussex in the 1998 AXA League, scoring 23 runs before being dismissed by Richard Davis. He left Lancashire at the end of the 2000 season and proceeded to join Cheshire for the 2001 season. He made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance against Oxfordshire and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance against the Derbyshire Cricket Board. In September 2001, Wood made a single List A appearance for the county against Cornwall in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001 to avoid fixture congestion the following season. He scored 50 runs in this match, before being dismissed by Steven Pope. 2001 was his only season with Cheshire. His father, Barry, played Test cricket for England, while his uncle, Ronald, played first-class cricket for Yorkshire.