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BJ McCarthy

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

BJ McCarthy — 116 career matches, 571 runs and 150 wickets across all formats.

Matches
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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
12.7
Bowl Avg
28.0

Career stats overview

35 ODI · 81 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

35 matches

169
Runs scored
55
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

81 matches

402
Runs scored
95
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams BJ McCarthy has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

West Indies

Matches
8
Runs
67
Wickets
17

Zimbabwe

Matches
8
Runs
55
Wickets
18

Northern Knights

Matches
7
Runs
51
Wickets
15

England

Matches
5
Runs
49
Wickets
5

New Zealand

Matches
5
Runs
46
Wickets
3

North West Warriors

Matches
5
Runs
50
Wickets
13

Munster Reds

Matches
4
Runs
21
Wickets
19

Netherlands

Matches
4
Runs
18
Wickets
6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where BJ McCarthy has turned out most often.

The Village, Malahide

Matches
9
Runs
123
Wickets
14

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches
5
Runs
34
Wickets
13

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches
5
Runs
34
Wickets
13

Harare Sports Club

Matches
5
Runs
22
Wickets
8

Castle Avenue, Dublin

Matches
4
Runs
14
Wickets
13

Mardyke, Cork

Matches
4
Runs
32
Wickets
6

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin

Matches
4
Runs
39
Wickets
21

The Green, Comber

Matches
3
Runs
17
Wickets
1

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.