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BJ Watling stats

Data through 18 June 2021Last updated 18 June 2021

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 12 November 2009 to 18 June 2021. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

BJ Watling played 75 Tests, 28 ODIs, 5 T20Is for New Zealand in the data, between 2009 and 2021. The most runs came in Tests: 3,790 at an average of 37.52 and a strike rate of 42.6, with a highest score of 205. Against Zimbabwe in Tests, BJ Watling averaged 111.33 over 5 innings.

International matches

108

Tests 75 · ODIs 28 · T20Is 5

International runs

4,401

8 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

37 runs

Best batting average (Test)

37.52

117 innings

Highest score

205

Test

Teams played for

New Zealand 2009–2021 · 108Northern Districts 2013–2021 · 39Durham 2019 · 2

BattingBowling

BJ Watling batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	75	117	16	3,790	205	37.52	8,894	42.6	8	19	10	429	8
ODI	28	25	2	573	96*	24.91	838	68.4	0	5	3	58	3
T20I	5	4	0	38	22	9.50	58	65.5	0	0	0	3	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	1	0	37	37	37.00	30	123.3	0	0	0	2	2
First-class	39	67	6	2,290	176	37.54	4,508	50.8	3	16	9	284	13

Runs per year

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BJ Watling: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2009	107
2010	209
2011	61
2012	461
2013	901
2014	749
2015	888
2016	963
2017	518
2018	404
2019	875
2020	485
2021	107

Year-by-year batting (31 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2009	T20I	2	29	14.50	64.4	22	0	0
2009	Test	2	78	78.00	59.5	60	0	1
2010	ODI	6	84	14.00	54.9	55	0	1
2010	Test	8	125	17.86	35.2	46	0	0
2011	ODI	2	19	9.50	111.8	19	0	0
2011	Test	2	42	21.00	35.6	39	0	0
2012	ODI	6	338	84.50	83.0	96	0	4
2012	T20I	1	8	8.00	72.7	8	0	0
2012	Test	3	115	57.50	52.5	102	1	0
2013	First-class	4	218	72.67	70.6	114	1	1
2013	ODI	6	87	14.50	45.8	45	0	0
2013	Test	16	596	39.73	47.4	103	1	5
2014	First-class	9	242	30.25	53.9	61	0	2
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	37	37.00	123.3	37	0	0
2014	T20I	1	1	1.00	50.0	1	0	0
2014	Test	16	469	33.50	35.5	124	1	2
2015	First-class	12	352	29.33	48.2	89	0	3
2015	Test	14	536	48.73	48.3	142	2	2
2016	First-class	7	364	52.00	52.2	176	1	2
2016	ODI	5	45	9.00	63.4	17	0	0
2016	Test	17	554	42.62	49.4	107	1	2
2017	First-class	8	331	41.38	49.4	96	0	3
2017	Test	6	187	31.17	36.2	50	0	1
2018	First-class	4	49	12.25	43.0	45	0	0
2018	Test	11	355	35.50	37.4	85	0	3
2019	First-class	9	316	39.50	48.2	104	1	1
2019	Test	11	559	55.90	41.2	205	2	2
2020	First-class	8	335	55.83	48.2	77	0	4
2020	Test	7	150	21.43	39.2	73	0	1
2021	First-class	6	83	16.60	44.1	37	0	0
2021	Test	4	24	8.00	41.4	15	0	0

BJ Watling bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
First-class	2	12	1	0	–	–	–	0.50	–	0	0	1

Year-by-year bowling (2 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2016	First-class	1	0	–	0.00	0/0
2021	First-class	1	0	–	1.00	0/1

BJ Watling against each team

vs Australia vs Pakistan vs England vs India vs Sri Lanka vs West Indies vs Bangladesh vs South Africa

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
England	Test	17	794	52.93	45.2	205	2	5
Pakistan	Test	19	519	34.60	40.3	77	0	4
Sri Lanka	Test	11	454	56.75	44.0	142	2	1
Australia	Test	19	422	22.21	40.2	58	0	1
West Indies	Test	12	376	37.60	41.5	89	0	3
South Africa	Test	10	345	34.50	39.4	63	0	3
Zimbabwe	Test	5	334	111.33	57.5	107	2	1
Bangladesh	Test	9	276	34.50	46.9	103	1	1
India	Test	15	270	20.77	33.0	124	1	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	4	221	73.67	82.5	96	0	3
West Indies	ODI	3	172	86.00	83.1	72	0	2
South Africa	ODI	3	77	25.67	51.0	45	0	0
Australia	ODI	3	31	10.33	64.6	17	0	0
Bangladesh	ODI	4	27	6.75	36.5	20	0	0
India	ODI	3	16	5.33	47.1	14	0	0
England	ODI	3	10	3.33	25.6	7	0	0
Wellington Firebirds	First-class	11	505	56.11	57.3	89	0	6
Auckland Aces	First-class	11	502	45.64	51.6	114	1	2
Otago Volts	First-class	16	478	29.88	44.8	176	1	2
Central Stags	First-class	15	418	32.15	53.9	77	0	3
Canterbury	First-class	11	248	24.80	47.5	71	0	3

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Seddon Park	29	999	43.43	114
Basin Reserve	23	887	42.24	142
Bay Oval	12	537	44.75	205
Hagley Oval	15	382	25.47	85
Cobham Oval (New)	6	305	50.83	176
Sabina Park	6	256	64.00	89
Queens Sports Club	5	232	58.00	107
McLean Park	6	200	50.00	102
Zayed Cricket Stadium	6	188	37.60	77
Lord's	6	166	41.50	61

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	14	25	56.0	1	–	–	–
T20	Middle	58	58	100.0	2	–	–	–
T20	Death	3	5	60.0	2	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	131	270	48.5	7	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	339	469	72.3	11	–	–	–
ODI	Death	103	99	104.0	5	–	–	–

How BJ Watling was dismissed

Caught118 (62%)
Bowled30 (16%)
Lbw29 (15%)
Run out8 (4%)
Stumped3 (2%)
Caught and bowled2 (1%)

Last 20 innings

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BJ Watling: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
10 Mar 2020	71
28 Oct 2020	25
28 Oct 2020	15
5 Nov 2020	23
5 Nov 2020	0
14 Nov 2020	77
14 Nov 2020	62
11 Dec 2020	30
26 Dec 2020	73
26 Dec 2020	5
3 Jan 2021	7
11 Mar 2021	37
18 Mar 2021	23
18 Mar 2021	11
27 Mar 2021	8
3 Apr 2021	0
3 Apr 2021	4
2 Jun 2021	1
2 Jun 2021	15
18 Jun 2021	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
18 Jun 2021	Test	India	1	3	bowled	The Rose Bowl
2 Jun 2021	Test	England	15*	26	not out	Lord's
2 Jun 2021	Test	England	1	11	caught	Lord's
3 Apr 2021	First-class	Otago Volts	4	15	lbw	University Oval, Dunedin
3 Apr 2021	First-class	Otago Volts	0	15	caught	University Oval, Dunedin
27 Mar 2021	First-class	Wellington Firebirds	8*	28	not out	Basin Reserve
18 Mar 2021	First-class	Wellington Firebirds	11	16	stumped	Bay Oval
18 Mar 2021	First-class	Wellington Firebirds	23	73	lbw	Bay Oval
11 Mar 2021	First-class	Auckland Aces	37	41	caught	Cobham Oval (New)
3 Jan 2021	Test	Pakistan	7	18	caught	Hagley Oval
26 Dec 2020	Test	Pakistan	5	3	run out	Bay Oval
26 Dec 2020	Test	Pakistan	73	145	caught	Bay Oval
11 Dec 2020	Test	West Indies	30	51	bowled	Basin Reserve
14 Nov 2020	First-class	Central Stags	62*	75	not out	Saxton Oval
14 Nov 2020	First-class	Central Stags	77	214	caught	Saxton Oval
5 Nov 2020	First-class	Canterbury	0	9	lbw	Mainpower Oval
5 Nov 2020	First-class	Canterbury	23	80	caught	Mainpower Oval
28 Oct 2020	First-class	Otago Volts	15	19	caught	Bay Oval
28 Oct 2020	First-class	Otago Volts	25	67	caught	Bay Oval
10 Mar 2020	First-class	Canterbury	71*	105	not out	Seddon Park

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers BJ Watling faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has BJ Watling scored in Tests?

3,790 runs in 117 innings (75 matches) at an average of 37.52 and a strike rate of 42.6, in the data from 2009 to 2021.

How many runs has BJ Watling scored in ODIs?

573 runs in 25 innings (28 matches) at an average of 24.91 and a strike rate of 68.4, in the data from 2010 to 2018.

How many runs has BJ Watling scored in T20Is?

38 runs in 4 innings (5 matches) at an average of 9.50 and a strike rate of 65.5, in the data from 2009 to 2014.

What is BJ Watling's highest score?

205 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has BJ Watling scored?

11 hundreds in the data: 8 in Tests, 3 in first-class.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.