Mark Wood Joins Fastest Wicket Deliveries List In Champions Trophy With Steve Smith's Scalp

Mark Wood and Brett Lee [Source: @englandcricket, @ICC/x]

Pace has long been an essential factor in ODI cricket, as it tends to unsettle batters and shape the course of matches. The sheer velocity of a delivery not only hurries the opposition but also remains a crucial weapon for claiming wickets.

Over the years, the ICC Champions Trophy, one of the most prestigious ODI tournaments, has witnessed some blistering deliveries that have sent stumps cartwheeling in an instant. Here, we take a look back at some of the fastest wicket-taking deliveries in the past four ICC Champions Trophy editions.

Fastest deliveries to take wickets in Champions Trophy

Each of the last four editions of the ICC Champions Trophy, i.e., from the tournament’s 2009 chapter in South Africa to the ongoing one in Pakistan and UAE, has featured some blistering wicket-taking deliveries at lightning speed.

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After the wicket of Australian captain Steve Smith at the hands of Mark Wood in match four of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Lahore, here is a look at five of the fastest deliveries in the last four editions of the tournament since 2009.

As evidenced from the aforementioned data, Australian pace demon and former cricketer Brett Lee himself accounts for three of the fastest wicket-taking Champions Trophy deliveries. Lanky English speedster Mark Wood became the latest bowler to break the pace shackles, doing so in 2025 against legendary Australian batter and interim captain Steve Smith.

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