First XI: Matthew Wood
Name: Matthew James Wood
Role: Right-hand bat, off-spin bowler
Born: 6 April 1977, Huddersfield
Height: 5ft 9", Weight: 12st
Education: Emley First School, Kirkburton Middle School, Shelley High School and Sixth Form Centre
Qualifications: 9 GCSEs, 2 A-Levels, NCA coaching award
County Debut: 1997
County Cap: 2001
1000 runs in one season: 2
1st Class 50s: 13
1st Class 100s: 8
1st Class 200s: 1
1st Class catches: 42
Place in batting averages: 36th av. 48.18
Best batting: 200* Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Headingley 1998
Cap: Second XI
Overseas Teams played for:
1994-95 � Somerset West, Cape Town
1997-98 � Upper Hutt United CC, Wellington, New Zealand
2000-01 � Mosman Park, Western Australia
Overseas tours:
1995-96 � England U19 to Zimababwe
1996-97 � Yorkshire CCC to West Indies
1997, 1998 � Yorkshire CCC to Cape Town
1999 � MCC to Kenya
1999-00 � MCC to Bangladesh
2001-02 � ECB National Academy to Australia
Previous Stand Out Performances:
1994 � Played for England U17 v India
1994-96 � Played for Yorkshire Academy
1997 � first-class debut at Headingley against Lancashire and scored 81 runs
1998 � scored 1000 runs in first full season
2001 � shared in the highest first-wicket partnership (152) for Yorkshire in matches against Kent for 49 years with Scott Richardson at Headingley
2001 � scored 85* against Surrey at Headingley, in the process sharing with Darren Lehmann in a record third-wicket partnership for Yorkshire in matches against Surrey