Father: Glen Foulkes, Brothers: Liam Foulkes and Robbie Foulkes
Zakary Foulkes is a young allrounder from Christchurch, New Zealand. He bowls right-arm medium pace and bats right-handed in the lower order. Standing tall, he uses his height to get bounce and swing the ball. Foulkes broke into the New Zealand T20I side in 2024 after a strong Super Smash season where he was Canterbury’s top wicket-taker. He is known for bowling difficult overs and stepping up when his team needs a wicket. Foulkes has also played county cricket in the UK for Birmingham Bears and Durham, gaining useful experience outside New Zealand.
| Batting & Fielding | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct |
| Tests | 4 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 23* | 19.50 | 97 | 40.20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| ODIs | 9 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 22* | 24.50 | 55 | 89.09 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| T20Is | 22 | 14 | 7 | 100 | 27* | 14.28 | 67 | 149.25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| FC | 25 | 37 | 4 | 599 | 75* | 18.15 | 1309 | 45.76 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 9 | 16 |
| List A | 38 | 26 | 7 | 486 | 74 | 25.57 | 653 | 74.42 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 10 |
| T20s | 68 | 39 | 17 | 292 | 32 | 13.27 | 225 | 129.77 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 12 |
| Bowling | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 4 | 8 | 768 | 369 | 13 | 5/37 | 9/75 | 28.38 | 2.88 | 59.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 9 | 8 | 360 | 337 | 13 | 4/41 | 4/41 | 25.92 | 5.61 | 27.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 22 | 21 | 423 | 634 | 22 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 28.81 | 8.99 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 25 | 45 | 3930 | 2086 | 74 | 5/37 | 9/75 | 28.18 | 3.18 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| List A | 38 | 36 | 1637 | 1438 | 52 | 4/41 | 4/41 | 27.65 | 5.27 | 31.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 68 | 64 | 1308 | 1766 | 77 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 22.93 | 8.10 | 16.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
He is an allrounder. His main job is bowling right-arm medium pace, but he can also chip in with useful runs lower down the order.
He plays for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
He made his T20I debut for New Zealand in 2024.
He is a tall swing bowler who can bowl tough overs when the batting side is looking to score quickly. His height helps him get extra bounce.
Yes, he has. He played for Birmingham Bears in the Vitality Blast in the UK and has also been part of Durham. He is also with Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.
He has a brother named RH Foulkes who also plays cricket.
He was born on June 5, 2002, which makes him 23 years old.
