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
Personal information
Full name
Blair Marshall Tickner
Born (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993
Napier, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 285)16 February 2023 v England
Last Test17 March 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 202)29 March 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI31 March 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.13
T20I debut (cap 82)10 February 2019 v India
Last T20I1 February 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.13
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentCentral Districts
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 6 11 58 39
Runs scored 1 10 416 59
Batting average – 10.00 10.66 19.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 5* 37* 24*
Balls bowled 306 219 10,254 1,857
Wickets 9 12 171 48
Bowling average 37.11 26.75 35.26 36.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/50 4/27 5/23 4/37
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 25/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 April 2023

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]

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.
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