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
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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 13 22 0 582 89 26.45 1350 43.11 0 0 6 78 0
ODI 31 31 3 1244 120 44.43 1415 87.92 3 0 8 132 26
T20I 14 13 0 260 56 20.0 254 102.36 0 0 2 27 8
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 13 - - - - - - - - - - -
ODI 31 - - - - - - - - - - -
T20I 14 - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Information
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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.
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