5 bowlers who bowled with extreme pace despite having an unusually short run-up

#3 Mark Wood

Mark Wood

27-year-old Mark Wood is the latest in the long line of modern English bowlers, who are express fast and can trouble the best batsmen in the world with their pace.

However, there is something that distinguishes him from the rest of English quick bowlers and in fact from many other fast bowlers in the world at the moment. He bowls off a remarkably slow run-up but generates pace in excess of 90 miles per hour on even the most unresponsive pitches and that is, in fact, one of the primary reasons why he got into the national team in the first place.

His run up maybe short but it is a pounding one. He is slippery and skiddy and has a surprise boncer too. powerful run off a handful of steps.

Wood has 10 Tests since his debut in 2015 but it is amply clear that he will play much more in the years to come if he takes care of his body.