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ZGF Foulkes

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

ZGF Foulkes — 55 career matches, 319 runs and 74 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
15.9
Bowl Avg
22.4

Career stats overview

8 ODI · 47 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

8 matches

49
Runs scored
13
Wickets taken

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

T20I

47 matches

270
Runs scored
61
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 ZGF Foulkes has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches
6
Runs
64
Wickets
8

India

Matches
4
Runs
39
Wickets
5

Sri Lanka

Matches
4
Runs
55
Wickets
8

Wellington

Matches
4
Runs
59
Wickets
12

Auckland

Matches
3
Runs
46
Wickets
5

Northern Districts

Matches
3
Runs
30
Wickets
7

Otago

Matches
3
Runs
23
Wickets
6

South Africa

Matches
3
Runs
12
Wickets
4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where ZGF Foulkes has turned out most often.

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
11
Runs
124
Wickets
26

Bay Oval

Matches
4
Runs
6
Wickets
12

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
3
Runs
62
Wickets
7

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
3
Runs
5
Wickets
7

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
3
Runs
18
Wickets
5

County Ground

Matches
2
Runs
9

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
2
Runs
15
Wickets
3

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
33
Wickets
4

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.