tom blundell Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
tom blundell is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Thomas Ackland Blundell
Born
September 01, 1990, Wellington
Age
33 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 26 | 9 | 7 | - |
Inn | 43 | 9 | 6 | - |
Runs | 1658 | 237 | 59 | - |
Avg | 43.63 | 33.86 | 14.75 | - |
SR | 49.91 | 88.43 | 78.67 | - |
HS | 138 | 68 | 30 | - |
NO | 5 | 2 | 2 | - |
100s | 4 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 10 | 2 | 0 | - |
4s | 209 | 27 | 4 | - |
6s | 5 | 1 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 26 | 9 | 7 | - |
Inn | 1 | - | - | - |
Balls | 18 | - | - | - |
Runs | 13 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 13 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 13 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 4.33 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- New Zealand Under-19s
- Wellington
- Wellington A
- Wellington Under-19s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
It all started for Blundell in 2010 where he shared the dressing room with Tom Latham, James Neesham and Doug Bracwell during the Under-19 World Cup. Most of his peers went on to play for New Zealand and, although much later, Blundell too was lucky to get the New Zealand cap. All this could be possible due to his string of good scores in the domestic circuit, particularly in the Super Smash 2016-17 where he emerged as the highest run-scoring wicketkeeper-batsman with 243 runs.
It was in December 2017 that Blundell finally got a chance in National colors when he replaced an injured BJ Watling for the series against West Indies at home. He made it count with a fine century and looked quite composed in his stay at the crease. Still early days in his career but he does look a fine prospect with his keeping skills and proactive batting skills. The Kiwis definitely have a backup in store in case the likes of Watling or Latham need a breather across formats.
World Cup 2019 - What to expect
Blundell has been selected in New Zealand's squad for World Cup 2019 as a backup wicket-keeper. It's going to be a long tournament, hence Tom Latham might need a break in a couple of games, or if he gets injured. Blundell had a fantastic Test debut as he scored a century in his first innings, hence he would be looking forward for an opportunity even in the 50-over format. Although Tom is yet to make his ODI debut, there would be expectations of him to deliver at the big stage. He might not get many chances but he should be able to perform in the limited number of opportunities that come his way.
Cricbuzz Staff
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
An aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman with a variety of sweeps in his repertoire, Tom Blundell enjoyed a dream start to 2017. In the space of three days, he earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad, as a replacement for the injured Luke Ronchi, for the third T20I against Bangladesh in Mount Maunganui, won the Super Smash - the national T20 tournament - with Wellington, and then received his maiden international cap from Corey Anderson. A couple of weeks later, Blundell was called-up to the ODI squad for the Chappell-Hadlee series at home against Australia.
He was part of the New Zealand U-19 World Cup squad in 2010 alongside Tom Latham, James Neesham, and Doug Bracewell. He made his first-class and List A debuts for Wellington in 2013. After an inconsistent first three seasons in domestic cricket, Blundell had a breakthrough season in 2015-16 in which he made 1073 runs in 28 matches across all formats. He followed it with 537 runs in 17 matches in the 2016-17 season. His tally of 243 runs in nine innings was the highest by a wicketkeeper-batsman in the Super Smash in 2016-17.