PLAYER CAREER

James Neesham

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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New Zealand2012–2026

193Internationals

3,309Career runs

2Centuries

149Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 12
Innings: 22
Runs: 709
Average: 33.76
Strike rate: 66.32
Highest score: 137*
Not outs: 1
100s: 2
50s: 4
Ducks: 2
4s: 88
6s: 11
Balls faced: 1,069

Bowling

Matches: 12
Innings: 21
Balls: 1,076
Maidens: 18
Runs conceded: 675
Wickets: 14
Average: 48.21
Economy: 3.76
Strike rate: 76.85
Best innings: 3/42
Best match: 3/42
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 12
Innings: 24
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.500
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 76
Innings: 65
Runs: 1,495
Average: 28.20
Strike rate: 99.93
Highest score: 97*
Not outs: 12
100s: 0
50s: 7
Ducks: 3
4s: 128
6s: 38
Balls faced: 1,496

Bowling

Matches: 76
Innings: 72
Balls: 2,448
Maidens: 6
Runs conceded: 2,556
Wickets: 71
Average: 36.00
Economy: 6.26
Strike rate: 34.47
Best innings: 5/27
Best match: 5/27
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 76
Innings: 76
Catches: 27
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 27
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 27
Dismissals / inns: 0.355
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 105
Innings: 77
Runs: 1,105
Average: 20.09
Strike rate: 145.20
Highest score: 48*
Not outs: 22
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 7
4s: 85
6s: 55
Balls faced: 761

Bowling

Matches: 105
Innings: 75
Balls: 1,051
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 1,611
Wickets: 64
Average: 25.17
Economy: 9.19
Strike rate: 16.42
Best innings: 5/22
Best match: 5/22
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 105
Innings: 101
Catches: 50
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 50
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 50
Dismissals / inns: 0.495
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

187 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2026-03-25	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	South Africa won by 33 runs
2026-03-22	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	South Africa won by 19 runs
2026-03-20	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
2026-03-17	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	New Zealand won by 68 runs
2026-03-15	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2026-03-08	India v New Zealand	T20I	India won by 96 runs
2026-03-04	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2026-02-21	New Zealand v Pakistan	T20I	No result
2026-02-14	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2026-02-08	Afghanistan v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
2025-11-13	West Indies v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
2025-11-10	West Indies v New Zealand	T20I	No result

New Zealand

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2017	2	3	26	15	8.66	49.05	0	0	4	0	53	4	2	61.50	4.47	82.50
2016	1	2	71	71	35.50	59.66	0	1	11	0	119	2	0	N/A	3.63	N/A
2015	2	4	40	19	10.00	39.21	0	0	6	0	102	3	4	38.25	4.93	46.50
2014	7	13	572	137	47.66	71.94	2	3	67	11	795	12	8	39.87	3.22	74.12

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2023	5	4	86	58	28.66	119.44	1	5	3	72	5	2	118.00	9.25	76.50
2022	5	5	89	36	22.25	123.61	0	6	5	72	5	1	181.00	6.03	180.00
2021	3	2	34	30	17.00	89.47	0	2	0	38	3	7	18.14	5.14	21.14
2020	4	4	39	19	9.75	72.22	0	2	2	54	4	2	99.00	6.09	97.50
2019	18	13	436	97	43.60	107.38	2	29	19	406	17	25	20.84	5.37	23.28
2017	13	12	321	71	29.18	98.76	2	30	3	325	10	4	72.75	6.61	66.00
2016	9	9	252	74	31.50	90.00	2	29	3	280	9	10	31.50	6.70	28.20
2015	3	3	92	41	92.00	113.58	0	9	1	81	3	2	53.50	6.29	51.00
2014	8	5	63	34	15.75	98.43	0	7	2	64	8	6	55.83	7.10	47.16
2013	8	8	83	42	13.83	79.80	0	9	0	104	8	12	20.41	5.67	21.58

T20I

Runs by seasonT20I · annual total

Wickets by seasonT20I · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2026	9	6	95	26	19.00	110.46	8	1	86	8	7	34.00	10.81	18.85
2025	12	8	66	25	8.25	103.12	5	3	64	12	17	14.70	8.42	10.47
2024	5	5	44	16	14.66	107.31	4	1	41	3	3	20.33	8.71	14.00
2023	9	8	166	48	27.66	166.00	15	9	100	8	9	25.00	9.78	15.33
2022	17	16	182	33	20.22	152.94	13	8	119	7	2	57.00	8.14	42.00
2021	10	9	121	45	17.28	159.21	5	10	76	8	4	41.50	10.16	24.50
2020	5	3	65	48	65.00	171.05	5	5	38	4	3	30.33	10.70	17.00
2019	3	3	63	42	31.50	165.78	4	5	38	3	2	32.00	12.80	15.00
2017	2	2	20	15	10.00	117.64	3	0	17	1	0	N/A	17.00	N/A
2015	2	1	28	28	28.00	147.36	3	1	19	2	2	21.50	7.16	18.00
2014	7	6	45	14	11.25	136.36	5	2	33	7	9	17.00	7.46	13.66
2012	2	2	22	12	11.00	129.41	4	0	17	2	0	N/A	11.68	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2012-12-21
First available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · Kingsmead
2014-02-14
Highest recorded innings · 137* runs
Test v India · Basin Reserve
2019-06-08
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v Afghanistan · Taunton
2025-03-26
Best recorded bowling · 5/22
T20I v Pakistan · Sky Stadium, Wellington
2026-03-25
Latest available scorecard
T20I v South Africa · Hagley Oval, Christchurch