Wood made his Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) debuts in 2015. He was part of the England teams that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup.

Wood plays as a right-handed fast bowler, and is currently one of the fastest bowlers in the world, with an average test pace of 89 mph since 2020.

Domestic Career
Minor Countries

Wood made his county cricket debut for Northumberland in 2008 against Norfolk in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. He played Minor Counties cricket for Northumberland from 2008 to 2010, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.

Durham

In the 2011 season he made his debut for Durham in a first class match against Durham MCCU. This was followed by his List A debut against Northamptonshire at the Clydesdale Bank 40 in 2011. He has since made another top-flight appearance against Sri Lanka A and another List A appearance against Scotland at the Clydesdale Bank 40. Wood made his debut for the England Lions on their Sri Lanka tour in 2014.

Indian Premier League

On January 28, 2018, Wood was bought by Chennai Super Kings for INR 1.5 crores (£160,000) for the 2018 IPL season.

Mark Wood IPL 2021 Mark Wood had decided to pull out of the auction in order to spend time with his family at home.

Mark Wood IPL 2022 In February 2022, he was purchased by the Lucknow Super Giants at auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

In April 2022, he was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

International Career
2015: West Indies and Ireland

In March 2015, Wood was called up to the England Test squad for the West Indies tour. However, he did not act in the series.

On 8 May 2015 he made his One-Day International debut for England against Ireland. The game was marred by rain and little cricket was played, although Wood won his first international wicket.

2015: New Zealand

He made his Test debut for England against New Zealand later that month. In the first Test, Wood took numbers from 3–93 in New Zealand's first innings. He then took 1-47 in their second innings to help England win the match by 124 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the series. In the following Test, Wood continued to impress, picking up numbers from 2–62 in New Zealand's first innings. He also made a useful 19 with the bat. He took another three wickets in New Zealand's second innings, this time at the cost of 97 runs. England lost the game by 199 runs and the series was tied 1–1.

Wood played New Zealand in the third ODI, picking numbers from 1-48. In the next game he took a number from 1–49 to help England win by seven wickets and level the series 2–2. Although Wood didn't take a wicket in the last game of the series, going 0–70, England still won to win the series 3–1.

He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on June 23, 2015. He finished 3-26 as England won by 56 runs.

2015: Ashes Series

Wood took 2–68 in Australia's first innings of the first Ashes Test and subsequently took 2–53 in his second innings to help England win the match by 169 runs. In the second Test he took just one wicket in the Australian first innings and finished with numbers 1-92 as England lost the match by 405 runs. He was ruled out of the third Test due to injury but returned in the fourth Test, taking 1–13 in Australia's first innings. In the second innings he took numbers from 3-69 including the wicket which won the game for England meaning they reclaimed the Ashes. England lost the final Test of the series, with Wood taking 1–59 in Australia in the first innings. However, England won the series 3-2 to regain the Ashes.

Wood was selected for the first ODI against Australia despite being expensive and finishing numbers 1-72 as Australia won the game. He retained his place for the next game but he again proved expensive, this time finishing 0-65 from his nine overs, despite England winning the game by three wickets. After being dropped from the side for the next two games, he returned for the final ODI, taking numbers 1-25, although a poor batting performance from England meant they lost the game and series 3-2.

2015: Pakistan

He played against Pakistan in the first Test, although he won just one wicket in the match, which ended in a draw as England were unable to force a win due to poor light. He played in the second Test, which England lost, despite performing well. He took 3-39 in Pakistan's first innings and followed that up with two more wickets in the second innings, though Pakistan convincingly won the match by 178 runs.

An ankle injury ruled Wood out of England's entire series against Sri Lanka, and he also missed the start of the back series against Pakistan.

2016: Pakistan

Wood returned from injury in time for the first ODI against Pakistan. He took numbers from 1-57 as England won with 44 runs on the D/L method. He took 3/46 in the next game as England restricted Pakistan to 251 and won the game by four wickets. In the third game of the series, he picked numbers 1-75 as England won by 169 runs. After missing the fourth match, he returned for the final match of the series, taking numbers from 2-56, although England lost the match by four wickets despite winning the series 4-1.

2019: West Indies

Wood was called up to replace the injured Olly Stone in a 3 Test tour of the West Indies. He did not play in the first two games, both of which England lost, but was drafted into the team for the third Test at St Lucia. Wood bowled the fastest of any bowler in the match and in the first innings of the Windies he took 5 wickets for 41 runs from 8.2 overs – his first Test draw with five wickets helped England to a 142 run lead over West Indies finals on day two.

Cricket World Cup 2019

In April 2019 he was called up to England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 14 June 2019, in the game against the West Indies, Wood took his 50th wicket in ODIs. On July 11, 2019, Wood played his 50th ODI match for England in the semi-final against Australia. In the Cricket World Cup final, Wood, who batted in 11th place, was knocked out of the way with the final ball of the match, causing the match to go to a super over. Wood also suffered a side injury during the game that ruled him out of the first three Tests of the 2019 Ashes series.

2020 – 2022

After missing the 2019 Ashes series and tour of New Zealand, Wood returned to Test cricket in the third test of the 2019–20 tour of South Africa following injuries to James Anderson and Jofra Archer. After scoring 42 runs from 23 balls in England's first innings, he took 3/32 in South Africa's second innings as England won. In the fourth test, Wood took nine wickets, including 5/46 in South Africa's first innings, and scored 35 with the bat as England won again.

On 29 May 2020, Wood was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 June 2020, Wood was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies. On 4 July 2020, Wood was named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series.

In September 2021, Wood was named in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Wood was selected for the 2021-22 Ashes.

In September 2022, Wood was named in England's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 world cup in Australia. Wood was the fastest bowler of the tournament and played in every Super 12 game for England before succumbing to injury and missing out on the semi-final and final. England went on to win the tournament, making Wood one of only 6 players to win both the 2019 ODI and 2022 T20 world cups.

2023

Wood was recalled for the Third Test of the 2023 Ashes Series where he was named man of the match. In the match he took a collective 7/100 and scored 40 runs from 16 balls.

Personal life

Wood is married, with a son. He is a teetotaler and a supporter of the Labor Party. He is a supporter of AFC Wimbledon.