Trent Alexander Boult is a New Zealand cricketer. He was
born at Rotorua in 22 July 1989. Boult is a left–arm medium–fast opening bowler
and a right–handed batsman. On 21 January 2009, TA Boult was selected for the
New Zealand squad for the one-day series against Australia at just 19 years of
age. He accompanied the New Zealand A team on their
winter training tour in 2007. TA Boult took two wickets for 28 runs and scored
seven not out against India's Under–19 team on 9 February 2007.
He then travelled to Malaysia in February 2008 for the Under–19 World Cup.
TA Boult made his Test
debut in the 2011–12 seasons in the Second Test against Australia in Hobart,
that match won by New Zealand by 7 runs. Boult took four wickets in the match;
additionally he scored 21 runs in a tenth-wicket partnership with Chris Martin
in the second innings.
In 2012, Boult produced
a string of strong performances with the ball against the West Indies, Sri
Lanka and India to consolidate his position as Tim Southee's new ball partner. TA
Boult 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 , Boult returned
to the New Zealand test side for a two test tour of Bangladesh. TA Boult
struggled in the hot and dry conditions, He was taken just 3 wickets and frequently
straying with his accuracy.
In 2014, Boult's squad
number switched from 8 to 18, a number previously worn by Mathew Sinclair in T20
series against West Indies. Boult
is a left-arm fast medium swing bowler. Boult's primary weapon is the inswinger
to the right-hander. his childhood cricketing hero was Wasim Akram, cricketer
of Pakistan. In a radio interview, in 2013, former New Zealand Captain Jeremy Coney
rated Boult as New Zealand's best bowling discovery since Shane Bond. In 2014,
he became the 4th test bowler since Chris Martin, Richard Hadlee and Ian
O'Brien to claim 30+ wickets in consecutive years.
TA
Boult has also developed a great opening bowling partnership with Tim Southee, by
taken 46% of all wickets between them since 2013, since the retirement of
Martin. In 2015
at Basin Reserve, Boult finally removed Kumar Sangakkara with his left hand
after he scored a double century.
The
Short Life Profile of TA Boult is-
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Full name
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Trent Alexander Boult
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Born
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22 July 1989 at Rotorua of New
Zealand
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Nickname
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Boult
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Batting style
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Right-handed
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Bowling style
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Left-arm fast-medium
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Role
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Opening Bowler and Lower order
batsman
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Test debut
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9 December 2011 against Australia
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ODI debut
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11 July 2012 v West Indies
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