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Northamptonshire have signed Nottinghamshire pace bowler Luke Wood on loan for the first two games of the County Championship season.

The 23-year-old left-armer, who has 76 first-class wickets, is available to face Middlesex in Friday's season opener and an away game with Glamorgan.

Head coach David Ripley "We've always admired him.

"He's got decent pace, swings the ball, can bat and he looks as fit as a fiddle, He's got a lot going for him."

Wood had a loan spell with Worcestershire last summer, when Northants finished next to bottom of Championship Division Two after winning only four of their 14 games.