Personal information | |
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Full name | Zakary Glen Foulkes |
Born | Christchurch, Canterbury | 5 June 2002
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium |
Role | Batting all-rounder |
International information | |
National side | |
T20I debut(cap 102) | 21 April 2024 v Pakistan |
Last T20I | 27 April 2024 v Pakistan |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
2020/21–present | Canterbury Country |
2021–22–present | Canterbury Kings |
Source:ESPNcricinfo,10 January 2023 |
Zakary Glen Foulkes (born 5 June 2002) is a New Zealand cricketer,who is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium bowler. He plays for the Canterbury Kings in domestic cricket. [1]
Foulkes was born in Christchurch,in the Canterbury Region. [2] He is the son of Glen Foulkes,who is also a New Zealand cricketer having represented the Canterbury Country. [3] His elder brother Liam Foulkes also currently plays for the Canterbury Country. [4] His younger brother Robbie Foulkes also played school level cricket. [5] He attended his secondary education from St Andrew's College at Christchurch. [6]
Foulkes represented the Canterbury cricket team in age level and provincial cricket. [7] He made his debut in under-17 cricket for the Canterbury Under-17s,on 17 January 2019 in the 2018–19 National Under-17 Tournament. [8] He got out for just 10 runs in that match. [9] He also played five matches for St Andrew's College in the 2019 Gillette Cup,a secondary school level cricket competition. [10] On 2 December 2019,he scored 112 runs off 120 balls,and took two wickets,helping his team to win the match against Rosmini College. [11] He was the leading performer for St Andrew's College in that tournament, [12] [13] aggregating 267 runs and taking 9 wickets, [14] contributing his team towards their maiden Gillette Cup title. [15]
He made his debut in under-19 cricket for the Canterbury Under-19s,on 17 December 2020 in the 2020–21 National Under-19 Tournament. [16] He was the joint highest wicket-taker for the Canterbury team in that tournament,grabbing 8 wickets [17] besides scoring 145 runs. [18] His all-round performance helped Canterbury to finish the tournament as the table-toppers. [19] [20]
In October 2021,he was called up to the Canterbury A cricket team for the 2021–22 National Provincial A matches. [21] He played six matches in the tournament,scoring 177 runs including a fifty. [22]
Foulkes represents the Canterbury Country cricket team in the Hawke Cup,a non-first-class annual cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. [23] In January 2021,he was named in the Canterbury's squad for 2020–21 Hawke Cup. He made an impressive performance in his Hawke Cup debut match,on 29 January 2021,scoring 92 runs and bagging a six-wicket haul. [24]
On 4 November 2022,he took 2 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings,helping his team to win the inaugural match of the 2022 season against Hawke's Bay by an innings and 26 runs. [25] In the very next match,he hit a century,scoring 161 runs and took two wickets against Southland on 13 November 2022. [26] [27] He continued his excellent form in the tournament,hitting another century in the match against Marlborough,on 11 December 2022. [28] [29]
He made his List A debut for Canterbury,on 20 February 2022 in the 2021–22 Ford Trophy. [30] He made his first-class debut for Canterbury,on 3 March 2022,against Auckland in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season. [31]
In June 2022,Foulkes was awarded professional contract for the first time by Canterbury ahead of the 2022–23 season. [32] In August 2022,he was recruited by the Wynnum-Manly ahead of the inaugural season of the KFC T20 Max, [33] a premier T20 competition for the emerging players,organized by the Queensland Cricket. [34] On 30 August 2022,he smashed an unbeaten 102 runs off 52 balls,guiding his team to win the thriller against Sandgate-Redcliffe by 1 wicket. [35]
He made his Twenty20 debut for the Canterbury Kings,on 8 January 2023,against the Auckland Aces in the 2022–23 Men's Super Smash. [36] He picked up a wicket conceding 26 runs from 4 overs on his T20 debut match. [37] He was the joint highest wicket-taker for Canterbury Kings with 12 wickets from ten matches leading his team to the grand final. [38]
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