PlayersNew Zealand

MJ Henry

Bowler, New Zealand, 35 Tests, 2015-2026. Debut v England, 2015

24.9Adjusted bowling average, 21st of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 26.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 22.6 to 29.7.

His T20 ratings

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

Where he sits

18R AshwinIndia24.7 19RJ SidebottomEngland24.8 20MA StarcAustralia24.9

21MJ HenryNew Zealand24.9

22Mohammad AbbasPakistan24.9 23Saeed AjmalPakistan24.9 24TA BoultNew Zealand25.1

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2015	10	498	49.80	3.89
2016	7	456	65.14	2.83
2017	8	209	26.13	2.99
2019	3	194	64.67	3.40
2020	2	148	74.00	3.36
2021	7	207	29.57	2.96
2022	16	421	26.31	3.31
2023	19	556	29.26	2.84
2024	48	892	18.58	3.28
2025	20	218	10.90	2.38
2026	12	160	13.33	2.80
Career	152	3959	26.05	3.11

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

Volume

Wickets

152

5 wkts

Quality

Average

26.05

Strike rate

50.3

Economy

3.11

Conditions

Away average

27.2

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

15.3

Value / inns

14.2

Volume

Runs

676

Average

15.72

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

75.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

12.67

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	8	197	24.62
England	20	137	8.06
South Africa	6	107	21.40
Pakistan	2	83	83.00
Sri Lanka	2	76	38.00
India	7	51	8.50
West Indies	3	20	6.67
Zimbabwe	1	5	5.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	50	28.40	6/29	2
South Africa	25	18.48	7/23	1
Australia	21	33.67	7/67	2
Zimbabwe	16	9.12	6/39	2
India	16	25.44	5/15	1
Sri Lanka	11	23.09	4/80	0
West Indies	7	24.00	3/43	0
Pakistan	4	72.00	1/38	0

Home & away

Home

17.92bat avg

25.16bowl avg

Away

12.67bat avg

27.2bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	13	231	21.00
2nd	18	263	16.44
3rd	10	132	14.67
4th	8	50	7.14

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England5 & 111/109The Oval2026-06-17 v England0 & 01/51Lord's2026-06-04 v West Indies8 & 84/72Hagley Oval, Christchurch2025-12-02 v Zimbabwe—7/56Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-08-07 v Zimbabwe59/90Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-07-30 v England8 & 06/110Seddon Park, Hamilton2024-12-14 v England0 & 44/143Basin Reserve, Wellington2024-12-06 v England18 & 15/96Hagley Oval, Christchurch2024-11-28 v India0 & 102/36Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2024-11-01 v India88/117M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2024-10-16

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 49
Not outs: 6
Runs: 676
Average: 15.72
Strike rate: 75.5
Highest: 72
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 4
Ducks: 11

Wickets: 152
Average: 26.05
Economy: 3.11
Strike rate: 50.3
Best: 7/23
5 wickets: 8
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 7642