PlayersNew Zealand

WA Young

Top-order batter, New Zealand, 23 Tests, 2020-2025. Debut v West Indies, 2020

34.2Adjusted average, 96th of 143 batters. Raw 32, so +2.2 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 25.8 to 43.3.

Where the +2.2 comes from

The bowling he faced+2.0

Home or away+0.9

The grounds−0.7

Value per innings: 32.9115th
Each run worth: 1.11×
At home, adjusted: 23.6raw 27.3
Away, adjusted: 43.3raw 36.7

Head to head with GS Ballance 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

93BKG MendisSri Lanka34.4 94MEK HusseyAustralia34.4 95GS BallanceEngland34.3

96WA YoungNew Zealand34.2

97M VijayIndia34.1 98AN PetersenSouth Africa33.9 99SC WilliamsZimbabwe33.9

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

GS BallanceEngland34.3Head to head M VijayIndia34.1Head to head BJ WatlingNew Zealand34.4Head to head BKG MendisSri Lanka34.4Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	50	SR
2020	2	48	43	24.00	0	49.0
2021	6	205	89	34.17	2	40.6
2022	12	319	69	26.58	4	44.6
2023	2	10	8	5.00	0	31.3
2024	14	481	71	40.08	4	47.7
2025	5	152	74	38.00	1	64.4
Career	41	1215	89	31.97	11	46.8

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

32.9

Volume

Runs

1215

Average

31.97

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

46.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

36.68

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
India	10	359	39.89
England	12	335	27.92
Bangladesh	3	175	58.33
Zimbabwe	3	115	57.50
South Africa	5	107	26.75
West Indies	4	85	21.25
Australia	4	39	9.75

Home & away

Home

27.26bat avg

23.6adjusted

Away

36.68bat avg

43.3adjusted

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	12	381	31.75
2nd	11	381	34.64
3rd	10	300	30.00
4th	8	153	30.60

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v West Indies14 & 23Hagley Oval, Christchurch2025-12-02 v Zimbabwe74Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-08-07 v Zimbabwe41 & 0Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2025-07-30 v England42 & 60Seddon Park, Hamilton2024-12-14 v India71 & 51Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2024-11-01 v India18 & 23Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune2024-10-24 v India33 & 48M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2024-10-16 v Australia14 & 1Hagley Oval, Christchurch2024-03-08 v Australia9 & 15Basin Reserve, Wellington2024-02-29 v South Africa36 & 60Seddon Park, Hamilton2024-02-13

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 41
Not outs: 3
Runs: 1215
Average: 31.97
Strike rate: 46.8
Highest: 89
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 11
Ducks: 1