Full name Thomas Ackland Blundell
Born September 1, 1990, Wellington
Current age 27 years 237 days
Major teams New Zealand, New Zealand Under-19s, Wellington, Wellington A, Wellington Under-19s
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
2 | 3 | 1 | 136 | 107* | 68.00 | 239 | 56.90 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
T20Is ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 17.00 | 21 | 80.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 46 | 79 | 12 | 2507 | 153 | 37.41 | 4481 | 55.94 | 5 | 11 | 333 | 13 | 111 | 5 |
List A | 39 | 32 | 1 | 731 | 73 | 23.58 | 910 | 80.32 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 37 | 4 |
T20s ![]() |
31 | 26 | 3 | 601 | 69* | 26.13 | 497 | 120.92 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20Is ![]() |
3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 46 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 1 | 1/15 | 1/27 | 27.00 | 3.00 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20s ![]() |
31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 24.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Dec 1-4, 2017 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v West Indies at Hamilton, Dec 9-12, 2017 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
T20I debut | New Zealand v Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui, Jan 8, 2017 scorecard |
Last T20I | Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Feb 3, 2018 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Wellington v Auckland at Wellington, Feb 7-10, 2013 scorecard |
Last First-class | Auckland v Wellington at Auckland, Apr 2-4, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Wellington v Otago at Wellington, Feb 26, 2013 scorecard |
Last List A | Wellington v Central Districts at Wellington, Feb 7, 2018 scorecard |
T20s debut | Canterbury v Wellington at Hamilton, Nov 8, 2014 scorecard |
Last T20s | Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Feb 3, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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3c/0s, 0, 4c/1s, 28 | Wellington | v Auckland | Auckland | 2 Apr 2018 | FC |
2, 1c/0s, 0 | Wellington | v Northern D | Wellington | 25 Mar 2018 | FC |
22, 1c/0s | NZ XI | v England | Hamilton | 16 Mar 2018 | Other |
131*, 4c/0s | NZ XI | v England | Hamilton | 14 Mar 2018 | Other |
0, 1c/0s, 0c/0s | Wellington | v Otago | Dunedin | 10 Mar 2018 | FC |
3c/0s, 14, 2c/0s | Wellington | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 1 Mar 2018 | FC |
9, 1c/0s | Wellington | v Central D | Wellington | 7 Feb 2018 | LA |
14, 0c/0s | New Zealand | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Feb 2018 | T20I # 642 |
1c/0s, 3* | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Mount Maunganui | 28 Jan 2018 | T20I # 641 |
1c/0s, 30 | Wellington | v Central D | Wellington | 14 Jan 2018 | T20 |
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.