JM Vince
James Vince is a Hampshire batter whose career has been shaped almost entirely by T20 franchise cricket. Across 417 matches in all formats, he has scored 12,583 runs at an average of 33.2, with his primary competition being the T20 Blast, where 152 appearances for Hampshire have produced 5,036 runs at 38.15. His overall T20 strike rate of 124.25 understates what he offers in domestic settings: in the Blast specifically that figure rises to 141.94. Internationally, he has played 13 Tests, 21 ODIs and 15 T20 Internationals for England, though those appearances make up a small fraction of his total volume.
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Vince scored 75 off 43 balls and 77 off 43 balls in back-to-back SA20 outings in January 2026, but has managed just 3, 19, 19, 0 and 30 in the other five SA20 innings in that window. Two eye-catching
Strongest format
T20 Blast — The T20 Blast is Vince's primary competition with 152 matches played, and his numbers there are his best across any tournament: an average of 38.15 an
Career stats overview
13 Test · 21 ODI · 383 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
13 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
21 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
383 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Over 12,500 career runs across 417 matches
James Vince has accumulated 12,583 runs at a batting average of 33.2 across all formats and competitions. His overall T20 strike rate of 124.25 underlines a player built for the shorter game, with the bulk of those runs coming in domestic and franchise T20 cricket.
T20 Blast is his standout competition
In 152 T20 Blast appearances for Hampshire, Vince averages 38.15 at a strike rate of 141.94. Those are his strongest numbers across any competition and represent the deepest body of evidence for his quality at the top of a T20 order.
Sussex the most profitable opponent on record
Against Sussex across 19 matches, Vince has scored 873 runs at an average of 54.56 and a strike rate of 160.48. Those are the standout opponent figures in our dataset by some distance.
The Ageas Bowl is his most-played venue by far
Vince has batted at the Rose Bowl in 95 matches, scoring 2,985 runs at an average of 35.54. No other ground comes close for volume, and his 135.07 strike rate there shows he scores freely on his home surface.
SA20 form has been mixed in early 2026
His last 10 innings span the SA20 and ILT20. Two scores of 75 and 77 sit alongside four single-figure or low contributions, suggesting he is capable of significant output but has not been stringing innings together consistently of late.
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.