MJ Leach

Bowler, England, 38 Tests, 2018-2024. Debut v New Zealand, 2018

33.1Adjusted bowling average, 99th 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 34.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 30.1 to 39.5.

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

Where he sits

96DJG SammyWest Indies32.7 97MJ SantnerNew Zealand32.7 98KTGD PrasadSri Lanka32.9

99MJ LeachEngland33.1

100MVT FernandoSri Lanka33.2 101A MishraIndia33.4 102A KumbleIndia33.5

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2018	20	498	24.90	2.57
2019	14	489	34.93	3.22
2021	30	1020	34.00	3.40
2022	46	1761	38.28	2.89
2023	14	471	33.64	3.33
2024	18	599	33.28	3.50
Career	142	4838	34.07	3.09

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

33.3

Volume

Wickets

142

5 wkts

Quality

Average

34.07

Strike rate

66.2

Economy

3.09

Conditions

Away average

34.52

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

14.9

Value / inns

6.2

Volume

Runs

498

Average

13.46

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

37.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

11.74

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	13	105	13.12
Ireland	2	93	93.00
New Zealand	10	76	15.20
Pakistan	8	67	16.75
West Indies	4	53	26.50
India	10	48	6.86
Sri Lanka	7	30	4.29
South Africa	4	26	8.67

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Pakistan	31	37.81	4/30	0
Sri Lanka	28	26.43	5/83	2
New Zealand	27	37.19	5/66	3
India	21	33.90	4/54	0
Australia	18	35.06	4/49	0
West Indies	11	30.82	3/36	0
Ireland	4	37.75	3/35	0
South Africa	2	44.50	1/11	0

Home & away

Home

18.1bat avg

32.53bowl avg

Away

11.74bat avg

34.52bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	23	218	16.77
2nd	13	78	8.67
3rd	16	161	14.64
4th	6	41	10.25

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan16 & 102/132Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2024-10-24 v Pakistan25 & 17/181Multan Cricket Stadium2024-10-15 v Pakistan—7/190Multan Cricket Stadium2024-10-07 v India02/96Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal2024-01-25 v Ireland—4/125Lord's2023-06-01 v New Zealand6 & 18/237Basin Reserve, Wellington2023-02-24 v New Zealand1 & 122/109Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2023-02-16 v Pakistan97/212National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi2022-12-17 v Pakistan0 & 05/211Multan Cricket Stadium2022-12-09 v Pakistan63/246Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2022-12-01

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 58
Not outs: 21
Runs: 498
Average: 13.46
Strike rate: 37.3
Highest: 92
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 7

Wickets: 142
Average: 34.07
Economy: 3.09
Strike rate: 66.2
Best: 5/66
5 wickets: 5
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 9402