Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand international

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. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe as a

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. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman, 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

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. In November 2018, he became the third bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in ODIs, while in June 2019, Boult became the first bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in the

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Early life and family

Boult was born in

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in 1989. He grew up in

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and

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, and was educated at

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. He is the younger brother of cricketer

Jono Boult Jonathon James Boult (born 29 November 1985) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts from 2009 to 2017. Boult made his first-class cricket debut for Northern Districts against Auckland in March 2009. He was named as ...

. Of

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descent, Boult affiliates to the

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and

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. Trent announced his engagement to partner Gert Smith in June 2016, and the couple married in August 2017 in a private ceremony at Kauri Bay Boomrock. They have three children and live at Mt. Maunganui. Trent Boult 2

Cricket career

Domestic and T20 franchise career

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

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by the

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and he was purchased for $600,000. In February 2017, he was bought by the

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team for the

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for 5

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s. He also played for

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from

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in the IPL. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the

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tournament. Boult was traded by Delhi to the

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prior to the thirteenth season of the IPL. He played a critical role in Mumbai winning the 2020 IPL title. He was the

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in the final and was also named the player of the season. Boult claimed 25 wickets in that edition of the IPL and was the third highest wicket taker after

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and

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. He also bowled 4 maiden overs, the most by any player in a single season of IPL. His best bowling figures in the IPL are 4/18 against CSK on 23 October 2020. In the 2022 IPL auction, Boult was bought by the

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International career

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

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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 . Boult made his Test debut in the 2011–12 season, in the

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against Australia in

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, 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

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in the second innings. 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

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'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

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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

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. 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

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. 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

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, to take a five-wicket haul in a day-night test. However, Australia won the day-night match by 3 wickets. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2015 World Cup by the ICC. For his performances in the 2017–18 season, he won the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal. In 2018, Boult produced his best figures in Test cricket, taking 6/32 in the First Test against England in

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. England were bowled out for 58 in their first innings and New Zealand went on to win the Test by an innings and 49 runs. New Zealand went on the win series 1–0; Boult finished with 15 wickets at an average of 18.33 and was named man of the series. At the NZC Annual Awards, he received the Men's Test Player of the Year and the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for best International player of the year. In May that year, Boult was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by

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. In the fourth ODI of India's 2018–19 New Zealand tour, Boult claimed his fifth five-wicket haul, the joint-most for a New Zealand bowler alongside

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. He returned figures of 5/21 helping his team dismiss India for their lowest total in ODIs since 2010. New Zealand went on record one of their biggest wins and Boult was named man of the match. In April 2019, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the

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. On 5 June 2019, in the match against

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, Boult took his 150th wicket in ODIs. On 29 June 2019, in the match against

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, Boult took the second

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of the World Cup. He was the first bowler for New Zealand to take a hat-trick at the Cricket World Cup. In August 2021, Boult was named in New Zealand's squad for the

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. He helped his team reach the finals, taking 13 wickets for New Zealand, the highest for his team. In January 2022, in the second match against Bangladesh, Boult took his 300th wicket in Test cricket.

Bowling and fielding style

Boult is a left-arm fast medium swing bowler who 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

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. In 2013, in a radio interview, former New Zealand captain Jeremy Coney rated Boult as New Zealand's best bowling discovery since

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. He is also known to haul in one-handed catches with either hand, both in

. In 2014, he became the 4th test bowler since

and Iain O'Brien to claim 30+ wickets in consecutive years. He has developed a good opening bowling partnership with

, having taken 46% of all wickets between them since 2013, especially since the retirement of Martin. In Tests, they are ably complemented by

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's short left-arm seam deliveries. In August 2019, in the series against Sri Lanka, Boult became the third bowler for New Zealand to take 250 wickets in Test cricket.

Honours

* World Test Championship Winner 2019-2021

References

External links

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