Trent Boult

Trent Boult
Trent Boult in 2018
Personal information
Full name Trent Alexander Boult
Born (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Nickname TNT (along with Tim Southee), Thunderbolt, Lightning Bolt, Lovely Trenty, El Boulto
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
Relations JJ Boult (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 253) 9 December 2011 v Australia
Last Test 30 March 2018 v England
ODI debut (cap 174) 11 July 2012 v West Indies
Last ODI 10 March 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 18
T20I debut (cap 60) 9 February 2013 v England
Last T20I 21 February 2018 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008 - present Northern Districts
2015 - 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017 Kolkata Knight Riders
2018 - present Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 54 66 25 87
Runs scored 545 121 14 953
Batting average 16.02 11.00 3.5 14.89
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/2
Top score 52* 21* 5 61
Balls bowled 12063 3542 551 17685
Wickets 215 122 37 323
Bowling average 27.84 24.63 21.18 26.77
5 wickets in innings 6 4 0 14
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a 1
Best bowling 6/32 7/34 4/34 6/32
Catches/stumpings 29/– 15/– 12/– 44/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 October 2018

Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays as a bowler and tail end batsman for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, Northern Districts in New Zealand's domestic cricket, and New Zealand internationally.

He is a left-arm fast-medium opening bowler and a right-handed batsman,[1] Boult made his Test debut for New Zealand in December 2011 and his one-day international debut the following July. He was the joint leading wicket taker at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[2] Trent Boult became the ICC's No.1 Ranked ODI Bowler in January 2016.[3]

Early life and family

Born in Rotorua in 1989,[4] Boult is of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Porou descent.[5] He grew up in Ohope and Tauranga,[6] and was educated at Otumoetai College.[7] He is the younger brother of cricketer Jono Boult.[6]

Trent announced his engagement to partner Gert Smith in June 2016,[8] and the couple got married in August 2017, in a private ceremony at Kauri Bay Boomrock.[9]

Cricket career

Boult accompanied the New Zealand A team on their winter training tour in 2007.[10] On 9 February 2007, he took two wickets for 28 runs and scored seven not out against India's Under-19 team.[11] He then travelled to Malaysia in February 2008 for the Under-19 World Cup.

On 21 January 2009, Boult was selected for the New Zealand squad for the one-day series against Australia at just 19 years of age. Boult only managed to play in the warm up game against the Prime Minister's XI and went wicketless off seven overs. During the tour Boult was clocked as the fastest bowler touring with the New Zealand team with a highest speed of 143.3 km/h (89.0 mph).

Boult made his Test debut in the 2011–12 season, in the Second Test against Australia in Hobart, in a match won by New Zealand by 7 runs, New Zealand's first test win in Australia since 1985 and their first test win over Australia since 1993. He took four wickets in the match; additionally, he scored 21 runs in a tenth-wicket partnership with Chris Martin in the second innings.

His brother Jono Boult has also played cricket for Northern Districts.

In 2012, Boult produced a string of strong performances with the ball against the West Indies, India and Sri Lanka to consolidate his position as Tim Southee's new ball partner. He carried this good form into 2013 when he took 19 wickets in 5 tests against England, including his best test match innings bowling figures of 6/68 at Eden Park in March.

After suffering a side strain during New Zealand's final test match against England at Leeds, Boult returned to the New Zealand test side for a two test tour of Bangladesh. Boult struggled in the hot and dry conditions, taking just 3 wickets and frequently straying with his accuracy. However, when back in home conditions against the touring West Indies, Boult swiftly returned to his best. In the second test at the Basin Reserve Boult won man of the match award, after taking career best figures of 10 for 80 and completing a brilliant one-handed diving catch to his left to dismiss Dinesh Ramdin. In the first innings of the second test on the same venue against India, Boult made another one-handed diving right-handed catch to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane. He also had bowling figures of 4 for 146.

In 2014 T20 series against West Indies, Boult's squad number switched from 8 to 18, a number previously worn by Mathew Sinclair.[12]

In Trans-Tasman trophy 2015–16 series, in Australia, in the third Test, the first ever day-night test in history, Boult became the first New Zealander and second overall after Josh Hazlewood, to take a five-wicket haul in a day-night test. However, Australia won the day-night match by 3 wickets.

In 2015, Boult was New Zealand's leading wicket taker at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Following the tournament, Boult received a Maiden call-up into the Indian Premier League by the Sunrisers Hyderabad and he was purchased for $600,000.

In February 2017, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 5 crores.[13]

In 2018, Boult produced his best figures in test cricket, taking 6/32 in the first test against England at Eden Park. England were bowled out for 58 in their first innings and New Zealand went on to win the test match by an innings and 49 runs. In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket.[14]

Bowling and fielding style

Boult is a left-arm fast medium swing bowler. He makes up for his relative lack of height with deceptive pace and the ability to swing the ball both ways. Boult's primary weapon is the inswinger to the right-hander. Perhaps unsurprisingly, his childhood cricketing hero was Wasim Akram. In 2013, in a radio interview, former New Zealand Captain Jeremy Coney rated Boult as New Zealand's best bowling discovery since Shane Bond. He is also known to haul in one-handed catches with either hand, both in Basin Reserve.[15][16] In 2014, he became the 4th test bowler since Richard Hadlee, Chris Martin and Ian O'Brien to claim 30+ wickets in consecutive years. He has also developed a great opening bowling partnership with Tim Southee, having taken 46% of all wickets between them since 2013, especially since the retirement of Martin.[17] In Tests, they are also ably complimented by Neil Wagner's short left-arm seam deliveries. In 2017, Boult became the 6th New Zealander to take 200 test wickets.

Batting style

Boult is a useful right-handed tailender, having scored a half century against Bangladesh in a 2013 test. He tends to open his stance by stepping the left (front) foot off to the side for his back-foot cover drive, much akin to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, or turns sideways and leans his whole body back over leg stump and play the bat across to play his cut shots. He is also known to have a Flamingo Back Defensive stroke (FBD) where he lifts his left (front) foot up before the ball reaches the bat.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand's prospects hinge on in-form bowlers". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Most wickets – player: Cricket World Cup 2015". ICC Cricket. 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "ICC Player Rankings". www.relianceiccrankings.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Trent Boult". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Harriman, Rewa (28 March 2015). "Strong Ngāi Tahu connection in Black Caps team". Māori Television News. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 Stanley, Ben (9 February 2014). "Oh brother, look at backyard Trent Boult now". Sunday News. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. ↑ White, Peter (27 October 2014). "Boult eager to stamp his mark on the game". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Trent proposes in Melbourne".
  9. ↑ "Trent and Gert are married".
  10. ↑ Under-19 players to join A tour CricInfo retrieved 16 September 2008
  11. ↑ India Under-19s in New Zealand Youth ODI Series – 2nd Youth ODI: New Zealand Under-19s v India Under-19s CricInfo retrieved 16 September 2008
  12. ↑ Trent Boult strikes again
  13. ↑ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Todd Astle bags his first New Zealand contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  15. ↑ Trent Boult *CATCH of the CENTURY* (left)
  16. ↑ Trent Boult *CATCH of the CENTURY* (right)
  17. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Dec 26–30, 2014
  18. ↑ "Boult invents new shot to counter Starc heat". Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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