During his school years, he was a regular in Hampshire's youth teams, and played for the Liphook and Ripsley Cricket Club.
He was born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and is a product of the Middlesex Academy who has also represented Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and the Tamil Union club.
In the 2012 season, Wright formed an impressive opening attack partnership with Keith Barker for Warwickshire, helping the side capture the County Championship.
[2] In July 2018 it was announced that he would make the move at the end of the season to Leicestershire, as first-team opportunities at Warwickshire had become scarce.
Wright, who tested positive for ostarine - a drug which has similar effects to testosterone - in September 2023, admitted two charges of breaching England and Wales Cricket Board anti-doping rules.