PlayersNew Zealand

BJ Watling

Middle-order batter, New Zealand, 74 Tests, 2009-2021. Debut v Pakistan, 2009

34.4Adjusted average, 92nd of 143 batters. Raw 37.5, so −3.1 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 28.5 to 40.7.

Where the −3.1 comes from

The bowling he faced−1.6

Home or away+0.4

The grounds−1.9

Value per innings: 39.882nd
Each run worth: 1.23×
At home, adjusted: 29.4raw 39.4
Away, adjusted: 41.7raw 36.5

Head to head with Tamim Iqbal

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

89DM BravoWest Indies34.9 90K VerreynneSouth Africa34.7 91Tamim IqbalBangladesh34.5

92BJ WatlingNew Zealand34.4

93BKG MendisSri Lanka34.4 94MEK HusseyAustralia34.4 95GS BallanceEngland34.3

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

BKG MendisSri Lanka34.4Head to head MEK HusseyAustralia34.4Head to head GS BallanceEngland34.3Head to head Tamim IqbalBangladesh34.5Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2009	2	78	60	78.00	0	1	59.5
2010	8	125	46	17.86	0	0	35.2
2011	2	42	39	21.00	0	0	35.6
2012	3	115	102	57.50	1	0	52.5
2013	16	596	103	39.73	1	5	47.4
2014	16	469	124	33.50	1	2	35.5
2015	14	536	142	48.73	2	2	48.3
2016	17	554	107	42.62	1	2	49.4
2017	6	187	50	31.17	0	1	36.2
2018	11	355	85	35.50	0	3	37.4
2019	11	559	205	55.90	2	2	41.2
2020	7	150	73	21.43	0	1	39.2
2021	4	24	15	8.00	0	0	41.4
Career	117	3790	205	37.52	8	19	42.6

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

34.4

Value / inns

39.8

Volume

Runs

3790

Average

37.52

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

29.6

Strike rate

42.6

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

38.64

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
England	17	794	52.93	2
Pakistan	19	519	34.60	0
Sri Lanka	11	454	56.75	2
Australia	19	422	22.21	0
West Indies	12	376	37.60	0
South Africa	10	345	34.50	0
Zimbabwe	5	334	111.33	2
Bangladesh	9	276	34.50	1

Home & away

Home

39.42bat avg

29.4adjusted

Away

38.64bat avg

41.7adjusted

Neutral

25bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	33	1135	39.14
2nd	41	1310	34.47
3rd	27	986	44.82
4th	16	359	29.92

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India1The Rose Bowl, Southampton2021-06-18 v England1 & 15Lord's2021-06-02 v Pakistan7Hagley Oval, Christchurch2021-01-03 v Pakistan73 & 5Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2020-12-26 v West Indies30Basin Reserve, Wellington2020-12-11 v India0Hagley Oval, Christchurch2020-02-29 v India14Basin Reserve, Wellington2020-02-21 v Australia9 & 19Sydney Cricket Ground2020-01-03 v Australia7 & 22Melbourne Cricket Ground2019-12-26 v Australia8 & 40Perth Stadium2019-12-12

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 117
Not outs: 16
Runs: 3790
Average: 37.52
Strike rate: 42.6
Highest: 205
Hundreds: 8
Fifties: 19
Ducks: 10