Henry Nicholls – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameHenry Michael Nicholls

Born15 Nov 1991

Age34 Years

NationalityNew Zealand

RoleMiddle-order batsman, Left-handed Batsman, Right-arm off-break Bowler

BattingLeft hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Econ
Test	60	3358	39.5	51.32	0
ODI	94	2433	32.01	78.81	0
T20I	10	100	12.5	89.28	0
T20	67	1581	31.62	128.01	5
List A	181	6364	43.00	84.99	8.5
First-class	141	9014	42.51	54.39	6.78

Debuts

TestNew Zealand vs Australia, Wellington 12 Feb 2016

ODINew Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Hagley Oval, Christchurch26 Dec 2015

T20INew Zealand vs Bangladesh, Eden Gardens, Kolkata26 Mar 2016

First ClassCanterbury vs Otago, Mainpower Oval, Rangiora7 Nov 2011

List ACanterbury vs Central D, Mainpower Oval, Rangiora25 Nov 2011

T20Sth Africans vs Canterbury, Hagley Oval, Christchurch 15 Feb 2012

Family

RelationsWilly Nicholls (Brother)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	60	94	9	3358	200	39.5	6542	51.32	11	12	370	9	36
ODI	94	92	16	2433	124	32.01	3087	78.81	1	17	221	19	36
T20I	10	9	1	100	36	12.5	112	89.28	0	0	9	0	3
T20	67	62	12	1581	76	31.62	1235	128.01	0	11	161	32	31
List A	181	174	26	6364	178	43.00	7488	84.99	13	36	651	53	83
First-class	141	232	20	9014	226	42.51	16570	54.39	23	45	981	48	127

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Econ
T20	67	1	1	5	5
List A	181	1	2	17	8.5
First-class	141	4	3.5	26	6.78

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Econ
Big Bash League	2	38	35	19.00	122.58	–
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	1	7	7	7.00	63.64	–
The Ford Trophy	45	2354	140	60.36	90.09	–
Plunket Shield	37	3106	226	57.52	60.50	1.00
Super Smash Men's	49	1304	76	33.44	134.16	–
County Championship	12	540	100	27.00	50.42	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	4	91	55	22.75	61.07	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Bangladesh	6	88	36	17.60	92.63
India	2	8	6	4.00	72.73
Sri Lanka	1	4	4	4.00	66.67

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	20	548	80	30.44	75.69	3	0
Bangladesh	15	535	95	41.15	75.89	5	0
Pakistan	16	352	82	29.33	72.88	3	0
Sri Lanka	11	324	124	54.00	98.78	0	1
West Indies	8	196	83	32.67	84.85	1	0
England	10	195	55	21.67	73.31	2	0
Australia	6	104	61	17.33	67.53	1	0
Ireland	3	103	79	34.33	113.19	1	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
England	20	646	145	34.00	45.82	1	2
Pakistan	16	633	157	45.21	44.23	3	2
Sri Lanka	9	518	200	74.00	64.67	1	2
Bangladesh	12	415	107	37.73	58.70	4	1
South Africa	9	400	118	44.44	59.35	1	2
West Indies	5	266	174	53.20	52.88	1	1
Zimbabwe	5	221	150	73.67	60.55	0	1
Australia	8	137	59	17.13	46.60	1	0
India	10	122	44	13.56	34.17	0	0

Last 10 innings · batting

11vs IND

9vs IND

119vs WF

7vs AA

10vs WI

0vs WI

24vs WI

17vs WI

27vs WI

36vs ENG

ODI vs IND7 Nov 2026 · b A Kamboj 11(26) ODI vs IND4 Nov 2026 · c Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh 9(11) List A vs WF30 Oct 2026 · b Y Zeb 119(121) List A vs AA27 Oct 2026 · c CD Fletcher b A Olliver 7(11) ODI vs WI21 Jul 2026 · b M Forde 10(15) ODI vs WI19 Jul 2026 · c SD Hope b M Forde 0(4) ODI vs WI16 Jul 2026 · b VO Lawes 24(48) ODI vs WI13 Jul 2026 · c AA Jangoo b G Motie 17(29) ODI vs WI11 Jul 2026 · c Khary Pierre b VO Lawes 27(43) Test vs ENG25 Jun 2026 · c JL Smith b J Archer 36(48)

Last 4 innings · bowling

0/1vs AUK

0/1vs CS

0/11vs ENG

0/17vs AUK

First Class vs AUK11 Apr 2022 0/1 First Class vs CS19 Mar 2022 0/1 First Class vs ENG14 Mar 2018 0/11 List A vs AUK6 Feb 2018 0/17

About Henry Nicholls

Henry Nicholls Biography

Henry Michael Nicholls was born on 15 November 1991 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a wicket-keeper cum left-handed batsman. Nicholls has played all three formats of cricket.

Nicholls also plays for Canterbury in domestic first-class cricket.

Background

Henry Nicholls played domestic cricket, his form and display in the 2014-15 Ford Cup where he scored 454 runs at an average of 75.66 and strike rate of 105.82 brought him to the limelight and the his ticket to international cricket.

Debut

Nicholls was named in the New Zealand team which faced Sri Lanka in December 2015, coming at middle order he scored 23 not out from 21 balls hitting 5 boundaries in that match.

New Zealand won the match by seven wickets.

In February 2016 Nicholls made his test debut against Australia, he managed just 8 runs from 13 balls in the first innings. However scored 58 from 134 in the second.

Nicholls started his T20 journey with New Zealand on 26 March 2016, making his debut against Bangladesh in the World T20 tournament.

He was only able to scrape 7 runs from 11 balls, but New Zealand won the match by 75 runs.

Rise To Glory

Henry has made a couple of cracking performances till now, the first one came on 25 January 2016 against Pakistan at Basin Reserve.

He scored 82 runs, his highest ODI total and won the match for his team, Nicholls was also awarded the man of the match for his performance.

Nicholls maiden century in test cricket came versus South Africa in 2017, scoring 118 from 161 balls in the first innings, however New Zealand lost the match.

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