When dealing with supreme wizardry like Lockie Ferguson's bowling mahi, less is more.

Ferguson didn't lead Aotearoa for wickets in T20Is vs Ireland, but he was a monster. Ish Sodhi took 6w @ 14avg/7.63rpo and Ferguson took 5w @ 4.80avg/4.50rpo.

Ferguson dominates T20I cricket with 30w @ 13.63avg/6.89rpo.

Ferguson averages under 25 in First-Class, List-A and T20 cricket. Ferguson averages 26.52 in ODI cricket which is world-class but that doesn't fit nicely into the under-25 average bucket.

Last summer Ferguson was Auckland's best Super Smash bowler with 17w @ 16.11avg/7.24rpo.

Unfortunately, Ferguson didn't play in the last T20 World Cup because he was injured. Praise Jah that Ferguson is currently fit to bowl and a steady diet of T20I cricket ahead of the World Cup this year feels like a lovely ramp up phase.

Ferguson has taken a wicket in 15 of 17 T20I games.

Ferguson has twice as many T20I wickets (30) than runs (15).

Cricinfo has a baseline minimum of 500 T20I deliveries for their best T20I bowling average rankings and Ferguson has only bowled 356 deliveries. Ferguson's average of 13.63 would be ranked 4th across all T20I cricket, ever.

Daniel Vettori is the best kiwi with an average of 19.68, ranked 44th. Sodhi is the best current player with his average of 21.43 ranked 65th.

Onwards through this Euro excursion.

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