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J Blackwood

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

J Blackwood — 80 career matches, 3,285 runs and 4 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
28.1
Bowl Avg
66.0

Career stats overview

55 Test · 25 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

55 matches

2,898
Runs scored
4
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

T20I

25 matches

387
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams J Blackwood has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
12
Runs
869
Wickets
1

Sri Lanka

Matches
8
Runs
285
Wickets
1

Australia

Matches
7
Runs
186

Bangladesh

Matches
6
Runs
327
Wickets
2

Barbados Royals

Matches
6
Runs
135

India

Matches
6
Runs
243

South Africa

Matches
6
Runs
310

Trinidad And Tobago Red Steel

Matches
6
Runs
106

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where J Blackwood has turned out most often.

Sabina Park, Kingston

Matches
13
Runs
439

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Matches
9
Runs
247

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Matches
7
Runs
287
Wickets
1

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad

Matches
6
Runs
148

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet

Matches
4
Runs
149

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Matches
4
Runs
274

Galle International Stadium

Matches
3
Runs
212

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Matches
2
Runs
143

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.