Tom Blundell (cricketer)

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Tom Blundell
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Blundell in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Ackland Blundell
Born (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 32)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Role Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  273)1 December 2017 v  West Indies
Last Test17 March 2023 v  Sri Lanka
ODI debut(cap  196)5 February 2020 v  India
Last ODI03 May 2023 v  Pakistan
ODI shirt no.66
T20I debut(cap  73)8 January 2017 v  Bangladesh
Last T20I8 September 2021 v  Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.66
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's Cricket
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Cup
Runner-up 2019 England & Wales
ICC World Test Championship
Winner 2021 England
Source: Cricinfo, 07 May 2023

Thomas Ackland Blundell (born 1 September 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand national cricket team in January 2017. He also plays first-class cricket for Wellington. [1] In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, despite being uncapped in an ODI match. [2] Blundell was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. He was one of the recipients of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year award in 2023.

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Background and domestic career

A scion of the ancient Lancashire gentry family, [3] Blundell was educated at Wellington College, Wellington where he excelled at cricket. Named in New Zealand's squad for the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, playing in one game, [4] Blundell made his first-class debut in 2013. [4] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season. [5] In November 2020, in the third round of the 2020–21 Plunket Shield season, Blundell was given out obstructing the field. [6]

International career

In January 2017 he was added to New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad as their wicket-keeper for their third match against Bangladesh, after Luke Ronchi was injured. [7] On 8 January 2017 he made his T20I debut for New Zealand against Bangladesh. [8]

In January 2017, he was added to New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad as their wicket-keeper against Australia, but he did not play. [9] In November 2017, he was added to New Zealand's Test squad for their series against the West Indies. [10] He made his Test debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 1 December 2017. [11] He replaced the injured BJ Watling as the wicket-keeper, [12] scoring 107 not out which was the highest Test score by a New Zealand wicket-keeper on debut. [13] He also became the first wicket-keeper since Matt Prior in 2007 to score a century on Test debut. [14]

In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [15] [16] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the five surprise picks for the tournament. [17] However, he did not play a match during the tournament. The following month, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2019–20 season by New Zealand Cricket. [18]

In January 2020, Blundell was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India. [19] He made his ODI debut for New Zealand, against India, on 5 February 2020. [20]

On 2 December 2020, he was named as wicket-keeper for the Test squad for their home series against West Indies, replacing BJ Watling, who suffered an injury. [21]

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