PlayersNew Zealand

N Wagner

Bowler, New Zealand, 64 Tests, 2012-2024. Debut v West Indies, 2012

26.3Adjusted bowling average, 30th 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 27.6. It could reasonably be anywhere from 24.4 to 30.5.

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

27SCJ BroadEngland26.1 28GP SwannEngland26.2 29RA JadejaIndia26.2

30N WagnerNew Zealand26.3

31SR ClarkAustralia26.5 32KAJ RoachWest Indies26.6 33AAP AtkinsonEngland26.8

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2012	4	209	52.25	3.48
2013	35	1271	36.31	3.41
2014	19	520	27.37	3.38
2015	9	234	26.00	3.90
2016	41	863	21.05	2.70
2017	36	917	25.47	3.35
2018	14	550	39.29	2.50
2019	43	766	17.81	2.84
2020	18	436	24.22	2.61
2021	10	280	28.00	2.77
2022	18	599	33.28	3.21
2023	11	450	40.91	5.72
2024	2	74	37.00	3.08
Career	260	7169	27.57	3.13

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

26.4

Volume

Wickets

260

5 wkts

Quality

Average

27.57

Strike rate

52.8

Economy

3.13

Conditions

Away average

27.97

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

13.6

Value / inns

8.2

Volume

Runs

875

Average

14.58

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

51.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

10.45

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
South Africa	12	189	21.00
West Indies	12	185	16.82
England	21	182	16.55
Bangladesh	6	99	19.80
Pakistan	8	63	7.88
India	9	57	9.50
Sri Lanka	6	55	9.17
Australia	7	45	11.25

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	57	31.37	5/44	2
West Indies	40	28.10	7/39	1
Bangladesh	39	21.05	5/45	3
South Africa	33	29.03	5/86	1
Australia	24	23.04	6/106	1
India	21	28.43	4/62	0
Sri Lanka	18	37.78	4/48	0
Pakistan	17	27.12	3/34	0

Home & away

Home

18.88bat avg

27.19bowl avg

Away

10.45bat avg

27.97bowl avg

Neutral

4.4bat avg

34bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	22	224	12.44
2nd	35	512	18.96
3rd	14	74	8.22
4th	10	65	10.83

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa332/74Seddon Park, Hamilton2024-02-13 v Sri Lanka270/77Hagley Oval, Christchurch2023-03-09 v England0 & 05/181Basin Reserve, Wellington2023-02-24 v England27 & 96/192Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2023-02-16 v Pakistan01/73National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi2022-12-26 v England4 & 02/108Headingley2022-06-23 v South Africa21 & 106/183Hagley Oval, Christchurch2022-02-25 v South Africa493/30Hagley Oval, Christchurch2022-02-17 v Bangladesh—3/100Hagley Oval, Christchurch2022-01-09 v Bangladesh0 & 03/105Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2022-01-01

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 81
Not outs: 21
Runs: 875
Average: 14.58
Strike rate: 51.9
Highest: 66*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 17

Wickets: 260
Average: 27.57
Economy: 3.13
Strike rate: 52.8
Best: 7/39
5 wickets: 9
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 13725