Trent Boult

Trent Boult
Boult in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Trent Alexander Boult
Born (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsJono Boult (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 253)9 December 2011 v Australia
Last Test23 June 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 174)11 July 2012 v West Indies
Last ODI15 November 2023 v India
ODI shirt no.18
T20I debut (cap 60)9 February 2013 v England
Last T20I15 June 2024 v Uganda
T20I shirt no.18
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–presentNorthern Districts
2015–2016Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017Kolkata Knight Riders
2018–2019Delhi Capitals
2020–2021Mumbai Indians
2022-presentRajasthan Royals
2022Melbourne Stars
2023-presentMI Emirates
2023-presentMI New York
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 78 114 61 113
Runs scored 759 216 58 1,212
Batting average 15.81 9.0 8.28 15.15
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/2
Top score 52* 21* 16 61
Balls bowled 17,417 6,180 1,389 23,453
Wickets 317 211 83 433
Bowling average 27.49 24.38 21.43 26.86
5 wickets in innings 10 6 0 18
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 1
Best bowling 6/30 7/34 4/13 6/30
Catches/stumpings 43/– 43/– 22/– 59/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand
Runner-up 2019 England and Wales
ICC World Test Championship
Winner 2019-2021
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2021 UAE and Oman
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2024

Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand cricketer who represented the New Zealand cricket team in all formats between 2011 and 2024. He continues to play in various Twenty20 leagues around the globe as a fast bowler. Boult was a key member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019.

He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman,[1] Boult made his Test debut for New Zealand in December 2011 and his One Day International debut the following July. He was the joint leading wicket taker at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[2] In November 2018, he became the third bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in ODIs,[3] while in June 2019, Boult became the first bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup.[4]

  1. ^ "New Zealand's prospects hinge on in-form bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Most wickets – player: Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Trent Boult, the third New Zealander to take a hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "World Cup 2019: Trent Boult creates history, becomes first NZ bowler to take hat-trick in a World Cup". Hindustan Times. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.