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IPL playerEngland2018 to 2023

Mark Wood

On scorecards: MA Wood · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
5
Matches
12
Runs
SR 149.9
11
Wickets
econ 8.88
1
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2018 to 2023 · Sources

Mark Wood, a bowler, played two IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Mark Wood arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹1.50 cr, the base price.

That first season brought 1 match and 1 run, and ended with Chennai Super Kings as champions.

The peak

The best season was 2023, for Lucknow Super Giants: 11 wickets at 8.04 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 5 for 14.

Franchise by franchise

2018, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹1.50 cr. 1 match; champions in 2018.

2023, Lucknow Super Giants. Arrived outside the auction. 4 matches and 11 wickets.

2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 11 wickets in 121 deliveries, at 8.88 runs an over against a league rate of 8.74 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 5 for 14.

The fielding record: 3 catches.

At the auction

Mark Wood went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹7.50 cr, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2022, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.50 cr in 2018, ₹7.50 cr by 2022. Unsold in 2020, Mark Wood was bought again in 2022 by Lucknow Super Giants. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Lucknow Super Giants in 2022.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Mark Wood made 5 IPL appearances, the last for Lucknow Super Giants in 2023, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2018Chennai Super Kings1111.033.30/0012.25-1Champions
2023Lucknow Super Giants41110*11.0220.00/0118.045/1421

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced50%
Balls per four8
Balls per six8
Dot balls bowled39.2%
Balls per wicket10.9
Catches3
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2018FA5₹1.50 crSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹1.50 cr
2020Fast Bowler₹50 lakhUnsold
2022FA1₹2 crSold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹7.50 cr

Sources