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Christopher Philip "Chris" Wood (born 27 June 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire. Wood is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace.
Wood has represented the England U-19 cricket team, playing two Youth Test matches, nine Youth One Day Internationals and a single Youth Twenty20 International.
Wood made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in the 2010 English cricket season. During the match, Wood took his maiden five wicket haul with figures of 5/54. He made his List-A debut against Warwickshire on 14 May in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40.
Wood scored his second first class fifty against Worcestershire at New Road on 12/09/13. He shared an 81 run seventh wicket partnership with youngster Sean Terry.
As a youngster Wood was a talented sportsman, playing as a striker for the Manor Colts football team in Alton, Hampshire.
Wood attended Amery Hill School and Alton College.