PlayersNew Zealand

TA Boult

Bowler, New Zealand, 78 Tests, 2011-2022. Debut v Australia, 2011

25.1Adjusted bowling average, 24th 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 27.5. It could reasonably be anywhere from 23.6 to 28.9.

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

21MJ HenryNew Zealand24.9 22Mohammad AbbasPakistan24.9 23Saeed AjmalPakistan24.9

24TA BoultNew Zealand25.1

25JL PattinsonAustralia25.2 26PM SiddleAustralia25.6 27SCJ BroadEngland26.1

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2011	4	80	20.00	3.20
2012	22	677	30.77	3.27
2013	46	1154	25.09	2.68
2014	34	972	28.59	2.84
2015	36	1133	31.47	3.33
2016	31	1027	33.13	2.86
2017	27	669	24.78	3.15
2018	33	789	23.91	2.81
2019	23	670	29.13	3.18
2020	20	579	28.95	3.06
2021	16	330	20.63	2.87
2022	25	637	25.48	3.34
Career	317	8717	27.50	3.00

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

25.2

Volume

Wickets

317

5 wkts

Quality

Average

27.5

Strike rate

54.9

Economy

Conditions

Away average

30.46

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

16.2

Value / inns

5.7

Volume

Runs

759

Average

15.81

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

13.83

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
West Indies	10	135	33.75
England	16	135	12.27
Australia	12	124	17.71
Sri Lanka	12	99	12.38
Bangladesh	6	84	42.00
India	16	82	10.25
South Africa	7	58	19.33
Pakistan	10	37	7.40

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	70	25.24	6/32	5
West Indies	48	25.00	6/40	1
Sri Lanka	45	22.33	6/30	1
India	41	28.02	4/28	0
Bangladesh	37	25.62	5/43	2
Pakistan	29	29.86	4/38	0
Australia	23	41.70	5/60	1
South Africa	16	39.88	4/64	0

Home & away

Home

23.21bat avg

25.04bowl avg

Away

13.83bat avg

30.46bowl avg

Neutral

6.6bat avg

30.4bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	32	323	21.53
2nd	31	242	17.29
3rd	20	140	10.00
4th	7	54	10.80

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England44/169Headingley2022-06-23 v England16 & 178/200Trent Bridge2022-06-10 v England14 & 44/94Lord's2022-06-02 v Bangladesh—5/85Hagley Oval, Christchurch2022-01-09 v Bangladesh9 & 84/89Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2022-01-01 v India75/86The Rose Bowl, Southampton2021-06-18 v England126/119Edgbaston2021-06-10 v Pakistan—5/125Hagley Oval, Christchurch2021-01-03 v Pakistan84/143Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2020-12-26 v West Indies63/130Basin Reserve, Wellington2020-12-11

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 90
Not outs: 42
Runs: 759
Average: 15.81
Strike rate: 60.0
Highest: 52*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 13

Wickets: 317
Average: 27.50
Economy: 3.00
Strike rate: 54.9
Best: 6/30
5 wickets: 10
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 17417