A tall, swing bowler who can also contribute with the bat in the lower order, Zak Foulkes was fast-tracked into New Zealand's T20I side in 2024 after he enjoyed a breakout Super Smash season in 2022-23. Foulkes emerged as Canterbury's highest wicket-taker, with 12 strikes in seven games at an economy rate of 7.36, in his side's run to the final that season.

With Will Williams ending his Canterbury career to play county cricket in the UK, and Matt Henry often on national duty, Foulkes fronted up to bowl the tough overs and emerged as an unlikely match-winner for his domestic side.

Foulkes has some exposure outside of New Zealand too, having had a stint with Birmingham Bears in the 2024 Vitality Blast in the UK.

Zak Foulkes Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	4	4	2	39	23*	19.50	97	40.20	0	5	0	3
ODIs	6	3	3	38	22*	-	45	84.44	0	5	0	2
T20Is	17	9	5	60	27*	15.00	43	139.53	0	3	2	2
FC	25	37	4	599	75*	18.15	1309	45.76	3	61	9	16
List A	35	24	7	475	74	27.94	643	73.87	2	41	8	9
T20s	63	34	15	252	32	13.26	201	125.37	0	18	9	11

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	4	8	768	369	13	5/37	9/75	28.38	2.88	59.0	1	1
ODIs	6	5	192	144	9	4/41	4/41	16.00	4.50	21.3	1	0
T20Is	17	16	327	473	18	3/20	3/20	26.27	8.67	18.1	0	0
FC	25	45	3930	2086	74	5/37	9/75	28.18	3.18	53.1	3	3
List A	35	33	1469	1245	48	4/41	4/41	25.93	5.08	30.6	1	0
T20s	63	59	1212	1605	73	4/23	4/23	21.98	7.94	16.6	1	0

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Zak Foulkes T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Vitality Blast	2 teams	17	9	5	22	6	5.50	24	91.66	0	0	1	1	4	0

Bowling

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Vitality Blast	2 teams	17	17	325	445	16	3/22	3/22	27.81	8.21	20.3	0	0	0

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Recent Matches of Zak Foulkes

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
New Zealand vs West Indies	1	0/82 & 0/20	18-Dec-2025	Mount Maunganui	Test # 2614
New Zealand vs West Indies	23*	0/41 & 1/39	10-Dec-2025	Wellington	Test # 2612
New Zealand vs West Indies	4 & 11*	2/32 & 1/80	02-Dec-2025	Christchurch	Test # 2610
New Zealand vs West Indies	2*	1/13	22-Nov-2025	Hamilton	ODI # 4933
New Zealand vs West Indies	22*	1/30	16-Nov-2025	Christchurch	ODI # 4930