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MJ Humphreys

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

MJ Humphreys — 57 career matches, 158 runs and 69 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
9.3
Bowl Avg
28.3

Career stats overview

5 Test · 6 ODI · 46 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

5 matches

67
Runs scored
15
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

6 matches

6
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken

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

T20I

46 matches

85
Runs scored
53
Wickets taken

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

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

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 MJ Humphreys has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Leinster Lightning

Matches
6
Runs
33
Wickets
9

Bangladesh

Matches
4
Runs
25
Wickets
13

Munster Reds

Matches
4
Runs
32
Wickets
11

North West Warriors

Matches
3
Runs
9
Wickets
14

Zimbabwe

Matches
3
Runs
36
Wickets
9

South Africa

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
11

Australia

Matches
1
Runs
3
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MJ Humphreys has turned out most often.

Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont

Matches
5
Runs
40
Wickets
8

Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin

Matches
4
Runs
33
Wickets
17

Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
4

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
2
Runs
3
Wickets
1

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches
2
Runs
2
Wickets
2

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
20
Wickets
5

The Green, Comber

Matches
2
Runs
13

7he Sevens Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
6

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.