Will Young
New Zealand
Personal Information
Born
Nov 22, 1992 (31 years)
Birth Place
New Plymouth
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
ICC Rankings
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
90
32
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
New Zealand U19, Central Districts, New Zealand A, New Zealand, New Zealand XI, Durham, Team Williamson, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
Will Young played a major role in Central Districts winning the 2017-18 Plunket Shield. He was the second highest run-getter for his side and fourth overall, with 686 runs in 10 games. In fa...
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 16 | 28 | 1 | 717 | 89 | 26.56 | 1721 | 41.66 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 1 |
| ODI | 31 | 31 | 3 | 1244 | 120 | 44.43 | 1415 | 87.92 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 132 | 26 |
| T20I | 18 | 17 | 0 | 295 | 56 | 17.35 | 287 | 102.79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODI | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20I | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career Information
Test debut
Last Test
ODI debut
Last ODI
T20 debut
Last T20
Profile
Will Young played a major role in Central Districts winning the 2017-18 Plunket Shield. He was the second highest run-getter for his side and fourth overall, with 686 runs in 10 games. In fact, he has been the most consistent batsman for the Stags over a period of time.
A right-hand batsman, Young bats in the middle order generally at number four. He has a proper blend of defence and attack, which can be seen in his numbers in all three forms of the game. Young made his debut in 2012 as a 20-year-old and a couple of seasons later he had his breakthrough season, 909 runs at 53.
Since then there has never been a season where Young has not gone past 500 runs in a season. His least productive year since 2014 was in 2016-17 where he still managed to score 591 runs. Getting the captaincy of Central Districts brought the best out of him as he recorded his career-best score of 162 in the title winning 2017-18 season.
Young's impressive numbers in the domestic circuit earned him a call-up to the national squad, and he, subsequently, made his international debut (in Tests) against West Indies in December 2020. In a matter of three months, Young went onto make his ODI and T20I debut as well (both against Bangladesh). A watertight technique, and with a great head on his shoulders, plenty of pundits in New Zealand cricket hope for improved consistency from Young across formats.
A right-hand batsman, Young bats in the middle order generally at number four. He has a proper blend of defence and attack, which can be seen in his numbers in all three forms of the game. Young made his debut in 2012 as a 20-year-old and a couple of seasons later he had his breakthrough season, 909 runs at 53.
Since then there has never been a season where Young has not gone past 500 runs in a season. His least productive year since 2014 was in 2016-17 where he still managed to score 591 runs. Getting the captaincy of Central Districts brought the best out of him as he recorded his career-best score of 162 in the title winning 2017-18 season.
Young's impressive numbers in the domestic circuit earned him a call-up to the national squad, and he, subsequently, made his international debut (in Tests) against West Indies in December 2020. In a matter of three months, Young went onto make his ODI and T20I debut as well (both against Bangladesh). A watertight technique, and with a great head on his shoulders, plenty of pundits in New Zealand cricket hope for improved consistency from Young across formats.
