England cricket team’s star fast bowler Mark Wood has created history in the second Test match against West Indies being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Wood achieved this feat in the second over of West Indies’ first innings.

Also, Wood has become the first bowler to do so on home soil and has achieved this big and unique record. With this record, Wood’s name has been included in the list of legends.

Wood made this special record his name

Let us tell you that the second over of the West Indies first innings bowled by Wood on the second day of the Nottingham Test match has become the fastest over bowled by any bowler in England. In this over, Mark Wood’s balls were wreaking havoc with their speed. Wood bowled the first ball of this over at a speed of 155.14 kilometers per hour, which was left by Caribbean opener Mikyle Lewis.

After this, Wood bowled the second ball at a speed of 154.65 kmph, followed by the third ball at 152.88 and the fourth ball at 148.06 kmph. With this, it has become the fastest over bowled in Test history in England. Wood has also become the first English bowler to do so.

This record has already been beaten… By Mark Wood’s third over ???

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 19, 2024

England scored 416 runs in the first innings

On the other hand, if we give you information about England’s performance in the second Test match, then West Indies won the toss and asked the host team to bat first. Batting first, England lost all their wickets for 416 runs in 88.3 overs in the first innings. Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings of 121 runs for the team, while captain Stokes made a good contribution of 69 runs. Also, opener Ben Duckett scored 71 runs.