'Call me an allrounder when I'm not frightened of anything over 70mph'
Mark Wood names and shames the worst dancer, slowest runners and sloppiest dressers in the England team
"I have managed to get Brendon McCullum out like five times. To get a player like that out means I must be doing something right" • PA Photos
When I'm not frightened of anything over 70mph?
Jonny Bairstow or Jos Buttler. They've got gloves on! It should be impossible to drop it with those things on.
I have managed to get Brendon McCullum out like five times. To get a player like that out means I must be doing something right.
Graham Onions. He is the tightest man in the whole of England.
It depends on what time of the night it is because there are some horrendous ones at the end. Jimmy [Anderson] has got a bit of hip action and Ramps [Mark Ramprakash] is ex-Strictly Come Dancing so he is right up there with the best.
I'll have to go with Adil Rashid.
"Keep it simple and have a bit of fire in your belly"Wood's advice to young fast bowlers
Alex Hales. Nothing he wears ever goes. For some strange reason he always seems to be representing England and Notts. He will wear jeans and an England top. Or a hoodie and some England shorts. He may have a nice shirt on, then wear some training tracksuit bottoms with it. Can I pick another?
Well there's two, actually. Jason Roy, because he's built like a farmer. He has to have clothes specially made for him. And one I used to play with a few years ago - Dale Benkenstein. He used to wear Asics trainers with jeans. It was like a "walking fitness regime" look.
Alex Hales is the sloppiest man I've ever seen. Anything he could possibly forget - wallets, watches, belts, keys - he forgets. Stokesey picks his scabs. And Liam Plunkett's toes are always made up of dead skin, which isn't great.
Chris Jordan is rapid. I'll go for him.
Rooty [Joe Root] and Chef [Alastair Cook] can bat all day, but I reckon the Titanic turns quicker than those two.
Stokesey - for obvious reasons.
Stokesey again - or Plunkett. Their throws never seem to go up, they're always so flat. I hate backing up when Stokesey is throwing. Even if the batsman is a yard out his crease I'll be shouting: "Hold it!"
Being in a dressing room, the team atmosphere. You're hanging out every day with your best mates, having a laugh.
When you have to start in March or April, it's really cold and you're not allowed to wear a woolly hat.
Adam Lyth used to get shot down a lot. He had poor chat and rated himself on the football field. He was a good player - don't get me wrong - but he used to get a bit of stick.
Tom Helm. If he stays fit, he will be a phenomenal bowler.
Keep it simple and have a bit of fire in your belly.
Lamb. Easy, next...
Northumbrian, extrovert, rugged, Capricorn.