PlayersNew Zealand

HM Nicholls

Middle-order batter, New Zealand, 59 Tests, 2016-2026. Debut v Australia, 2016

37Adjusted average, 71st of 143 batters. Raw 39.5, so −2.5 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 29.2 to 46.

Where the −2.5 comes from

The bowling he faced+1.9

Home or away−1.6

The grounds−2.8

Value per innings: 4078th
Each run worth: 1.11×
At home, adjusted: 37.4raw 48.1
Away, adjusted: 38.3raw 31.3

Head to head with DM de Silva His T20 ratings

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

Where he sits

68AK MarkramSouth Africa37.4 69Liton DasBangladesh37.3 70DM de SilvaSri Lanka37.0

71HM NichollsNew Zealand37.0

72TA BlundellNew Zealand36.8 73FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka36.7 74MJ PriorEngland36.4

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

DM de SilvaSri Lanka37Head to head TA BlundellNew Zealand36.8Head to head FDM KarunaratneSri Lanka36.7Head to head Liton DasBangladesh37.3Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2016	13	315	76	24.23	0	2	45.9
2017	10	377	118	41.89	1	3	54.4
2018	12	658	162	73.11	3	3	48.7
2019	11	361	107	32.82	1	1	51.4
2020	7	284	174	47.33	1	1	51.0
2021	9	323	157	35.89	1	1	43.9
2022	11	307	105	27.91	1	1	49.7
2023	13	348	200	29.00	1	0	60.4
2025	3	188	150	188.00	1	0	62.0
2026	4	197	121	49.25	1	0	62.1
Career	93	3358	200*	39.51	11	12	51.3

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

36.5

Value / inns

Volume

Runs

3358

Average

39.51

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

47.8

Strike rate

51.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

27.64

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
England	20	646	34.00	2
Pakistan	15	633	45.21	2
Sri Lanka	9	518	74.00	2
Bangladesh	12	415	37.73	1
South Africa	9	400	44.44	2
West Indies	5	266	53.20	1
Zimbabwe	5	221	73.67	1
Australia	8	137	17.12	0

Home & away

Home

48.12bat avg

37.4adjusted

Away

27.64bat avg

38.3adjusted

Neutral

49bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	23	970	44.09
2nd	36	1364	40.12
3rd	19	760	44.71
4th	15	264	22.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England36 & 16Trent Bridge2026-06-25 v England24 & 121The Oval2026-06-17 v Zimbabwe150Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-08-07 v Zimbabwe34 & 4Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-07-30 v Bangladesh1 & 3Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2023-12-06 v Bangladesh19 & 2Sylhet International Cricket Stadium2023-11-28 v Sri Lanka200Basin Reserve, Wellington2023-03-17 v Sri Lanka2 & 20Hagley Oval, Christchurch2023-03-09 v England30 & 29Basin Reserve, Wellington2023-02-24 v England4 & 7Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2023-02-16

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 93
Not outs: 8
Runs: 3358
Average: 39.51
Strike rate: 51.3
Highest: 200*
Hundreds: 11
Fifties: 12
Ducks: 6