Player Profile
Luke Wood joined Lancashire at the end of 2019 for a number of reasons, notably to press his claims for international honours with England. It’s a goal the fast bowling all-rounder has since achieved, debuting in T20I and ODI cricket.
In early 2026, he featured for them at the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Ahead of the 2026 summer, the former Nottinghamshire man has played 19 times for his country; three times in ODIs and 16 in the T20 format. He has taken 20 wickets, including a best of 3-24 in the latter format.
That actually came on his international debut, against Pakistan at Karachi in September 2022. He starred in a six-wicket win and scooped the player-of-the-match award. He later made his 50-over bow in Australia towards the end of the year.
After his ODI bow against the Aussies in late 2022, he stayed in Oz to compete in the Big Bash League for the Melbourne Stars either side of Christmas and finished that campaign as their leading wicket-taker with 20 from 14 appearances.
His international exposure means he has been getting more and more franchise chances. He has played in Australia, as aforementioned, Pakistan, the UAE, Bangladesh and at the Indian Premier League as well.
In the 2024 edition of the latter competition, he represented the Mumbai Indians twice.
It meant he missed the start of the season with Lancashire, and it was a big part of the reason why he only played in the Vitality Blast throughout the campaign; 10 wickets in 12 matches.
Wood was a winner of the Hundred in 2022 with the Trent Rockets, striking 10 times, including once in the final victory over the Manchester Originals at Lord’s.
In 2023, he was named as Lancashire’s Vitality Blast player-of-the-year following a haul of 18 wickets in 14 matches, including a best of 3-11.
Wood is a left-arm quick with good pace and skill - getting swing with the new ball is a major asset of his. He hurries many a batter with his extra pace as well.
He helped Lancashire to second-placed finishes in the County Championship and Blast in 2022.
Wood joined the Red Rose after a series of loan spells away from Trent Bridge - Worcestershire and Northamptonshire were his two destinations.
And when the Sheffield-born player decided to move ahead of 2020, he had significant interest in his services, which also include being a very useful lower order batter. It said much about the direction Lancashire were heading that he chose to join the ranks at Emirates Old Trafford.
Wood is a two-time Blast winner and reached Finals Day six out of the last seven years through to 2022. He helped Notts win the title in 2017 before claiming another winner’s medal a year later whilst on loan at Worcester.
He has gone close to silverware with the Red Rose.
In 2025, he helped them reach Finals Day in the Blast and was their leading wicket-taker with 22 from 11 matches.
But good things come to those who wait, hey!
During 2025, and not just for Lancashire, he had a habit of striking in his first over. In a home win over Derbyshire in early July, for example, he even struck twice with the first two balls of the innings as the Red Rose successfully defended a 179-target.
He is Lancashire’s third leading wicket-taker in T20 history with 84 and is set to become the first seamer to reach the 100-mark, with only Stephen Parry (118) and Matthew Parkinson (103) above him.
In 2021, left-handed Wood hit a superb 119 from number eight in the first innings of an early-season Championship victory over Kent at Canterbury.
Wood is now centrally contracted by England and has a three-year white-ball only deal with Lancashire through until the end of 2028.