A life in sport lost to gambling that can never be won back

An 11-year addiction left Hampshire cricketer Chris Wood in the hole to the tune of £200,000. He ended one day £5,000 down but his biggest losses can never be recouped

Chris Wood of Hampshire (Getty Images)

Chris Wood looks into the eyes of young athletes and sees his own reflection, chilling refractions of a life lost to gambling that he could never win back.

An 11-year addiction left the Hampshire cricketer in the hole to the tune of £200,000. He ended one day £5,000 down but his biggest losses can never be recouped.

That came in relationships ruined, weeks spent bed-ridden and sporting memories that totally passed him by.