Blair Tickner

Blair Marshall Tickner (born 13 October 1993) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in February 2019.^[1]

Blair Tickner

Tickner playing for Derbyshire in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Blair Marshall Tickner
Born	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 31) Napier, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2019–2023)
Test debut (cap 285)	16 February 2023 v England
Last Test	17 March 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 202)	29 March 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI	5 May 2023 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	13
T20I debut (cap 82)	10 February 2019 v India
Last T20I	24 April 2023 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	13
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015/16–present	Central Districts
2024	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 3 13 18 77 Runs scored 13 16 11 706 Batting average 13.00 8.00 5.50 13.57 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 8 6* 5* 47 Balls bowled 635 623 341 13,739 Wickets 12 16 19 223 Bowling average 36.25 42.43 28.21 35.83 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/100 4/50 4/27 5/23 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 2/– 32/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2024

Domestic career

In November 2017, he took at hat-trick in the first innings for Central District's match against Wellington in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season.^[2]

In the 2017–18 Super Smash, he was the leading wicket-taker, with twenty-one dismissals in eleven matches.^[3] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.^[4]

International career

In January 2019, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India.^[5] He made his T20I debut against India on 10 February 2019.^[6] In February 2020, Tickner was called up to New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the third match against India.^[7]

In November 2020, Tickner was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.^[8][9] In August 2021, Tickner was named in New Zealand's ODI squad for their tour of Pakistan.^[10]

In February 2022, Tickner was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their series against South Africa.^[11] The following, Tickner was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for their home series against the Netherlands.^[12] He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for New Zealand against the Netherlands.^[13]

In May 2022, Tickner was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their tour of England.^[14] He made his Test debut on 16 February 2023, for New Zealand against England.^[15] He took 4 wickets in the first test at Mount Maunganui at an average of 31.75 and economy rate of 5.08. He also played 2 tests against Sri Lanka where he took 8 wickets at an average of 38.5

References

1. "Blair Tickner". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. "Central Districts close in on top position with seven-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
3. "Super Smash, 2017/18: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
5. "Daryl Mitchell, Blair Tickner make NZ T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
6. "3rd T20I (N), India tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Feb 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
7. "Sodhi, Tickner called up for third ODI against India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
8. "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
9. "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
10. "Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent". Stuff. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
11. "NZ call up Tickner, Fletcher for first South Africa Test; Rutherford, de Grandhomme recalled". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
12. "Michael Bracewell, Dane Cleaver earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Netherlands series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
13. "1st ODI (D/N), Mount Maunganui, Mar 29 2022, Netherlands tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
14. "Bracewell earns NZ Test call-up for England tour, Williamson nears return". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
15. "1st Test (D/N), Mount Maunganui, February 16 - 19, 2023, England tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

External links

• Blair Tickner at ESPNcricinfo