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James Faulkner

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

James Faulkner — 252 career matches, 2,707 runs and 323 wickets across all formats.

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James Faulkner
Bat Avg
26.0
Bowl Avg
24.6

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

66 ODI · 186 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

66 matches

1,025
Runs scored
94
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

186 matches

1,682
Runs scored
229
Wickets taken

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

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

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 JP Faulkner has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
16
Runs
367
Wickets
19

England

Matches
13
Runs
327
Wickets
32

Sri Lanka

Matches
10
Runs
65
Wickets
24

Sydney Sixers

Matches
9
Runs
112
Wickets
13

South Africa

Matches
8
Runs
147
Wickets
14

Adelaide Strikers

Matches
7
Runs
44
Wickets
16

Delhi Capitals

Matches
7
Runs
92
Wickets
10

Melbourne Renegades

Matches
7
Runs
79
Wickets
11

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where JP Faulkner has turned out most often.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
21
Runs
353
Wickets
40

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
13
Runs
215
Wickets
21

Adelaide Oval

Matches
9
Runs
130
Wickets
14

Bellerive Oval

Matches
9
Runs
80
Wickets
23

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
9
Runs
77
Wickets
17

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
8
Runs
119
Wickets
11

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
8
Runs
133
Wickets
18

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Matches
7
Runs
70
Wickets
2

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

JP Faulkner's profile

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.

Photo credits (1)
  • James Faulkner — photo by Eoin_Morgan_and_James_Faulkner.jpg: Nic Redhead from Birmingham, UK derivative work: StAnselm, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source