Z Khan

Bowler, India, 60 Tests, 2003-2014. Debut v New Zealand, 2003

27.9Adjusted bowling average, 47th 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 31.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 25.3 to 33.4.

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

44CS MartinNew Zealand27.6 45TT BresnanEngland27.6 46WPUJC VaasSri Lanka27.7

47Z KhanIndia27.9

48Mohammad HafeezPakistan28.0 49B LeeAustralia28.1 50CR WoakesEngland28.1

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2003	5	205	41.00	3.94
2004	9	386	42.89	2.79
2005	4	102	25.50	3.40
2006	18	633	35.17	3.71
2007	41	1055	25.73	3.17
2008	27	995	36.85	3.21
2009	23	765	33.26	3.49
2010	47	1033	21.98	3.31
2011	13	301	23.15	2.63
2012	15	739	49.27	3.02
2013	7	320	45.71	3.62
2014	9	382	42.44	3.57
Career	218	6916	31.72	3.26

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

28.1

Volume

Wickets

218

5 wkts

Quality

Average

31.72

Strike rate

58.3

Economy

3.26

Conditions

Away average

29.71

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

12.7

Value / inns

7.6

Volume

Runs

930

Average

13.1

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

51.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

15.49

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
South Africa	17	229	15.27
Australia	22	218	12.11
New Zealand	13	178	16.18
Bangladesh	6	108	21.60
Sri Lanka	9	63	7.88
England	13	61	5.55
Pakistan	4	60	20.00
Zimbabwe	1	13	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	51	31.67	5/91	3
South Africa	40	33.75	4/62	0
New Zealand	32	38.22	5/65	2
England	32	23.91	5/75	1
Bangladesh	26	22.27	7/87	2
Sri Lanka	18	39.83	5/72	1
Pakistan	15	37.67	4/61	0
Zimbabwe	4	25.50	3/74	0

Home & away

Home

9.43bat avg

35.73bowl avg

Away

15.49bat avg

29.71bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	25	177	7.38
2nd	32	451	18.04
3rd	19	216	14.40
4th	9	86	12.29

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v New Zealand225/227Basin Reserve, Wellington2014-02-14 v New Zealand14 & 174/155Eden Park, Auckland2014-02-06 v South Africa0 & 32/97Kingsmead, Durban2013-12-26 v South Africa0 & 295/223Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2013-12-18 v England6 & 01/94Eden Gardens, Kolkata2012-12-05 v England11 & 10/37Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2012-11-23 v England73/82Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad2012-11-15 v New Zealand73/129M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore2012-08-31 v New Zealand00/50Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal2012-08-23 v Australia0 & 153/134Adelaide Oval2012-01-24

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 85
Not outs: 14
Runs: 930
Average: 13.10
Strike rate: 51.3
Highest: 75
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 3
Ducks: 17

Wickets: 218
Average: 31.72
Economy: 3.26
Strike rate: 58.3
Best: 7/87
5 wickets: 9
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 12714